Data Scientist

K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• Design, develop, and maintain analytic solutions using ECL and HPCC Systems to process and analyze large-scale datasets.
• Develop, validate, and apply methodologies that support complex analytic requirements within clustered computing environments.
• Create and maintain data models that support enterprise and mission-focused analytics.
• Use programming languages such as Python, R, Pig, Java, C, and SQL to perform large-scale parallel processing and data analysis.
• Design and optimize scalable data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment workflows across distributed computing platforms.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders to translate analytical requirements into technical solutions.
• Validate data quality, analytical methods, and outputs to ensure accurate and reliable results.

Location:

On-site
Travel Requirements:
Minimal

Working Hours:

Standard

• Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• Minimum of 10 years experience
• Minimum three (3) years of experience using ECL within the HPCC Systems environment.
• Demonstrated experience with data modeling and large-scale data analytics.
• Experience using Python, R, Pig, Java, C, or SQL to perform large-scale parallel processing of data.
• Experience developing, validating, and applying methodologies to support analytic requirements in clustered computing environments.
• Experience working with distributed computing, high-volume datasets, and scalable data processing architectures.

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related technical field.

$177,200 to $216,500 This range is for the VA area only The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

• K  may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation.
• sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

• 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.

We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at K  At K , we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.

We Deliver – Together.

K  is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,…