Data Scientist SME Automation Specialist

Data Scientist SME – Automation Specialist (Adversary Disruption)
Mission Overview

We are seeking a Data Scientist Mission Automation SME to serve as an "Eminent Expert" in adversary disruption. Your goal is to transform manual processes into automated mission sets through rapid-prototype development. As a Technical Closer, you will guide and mentor a senior technologist to optimize queries and build the mission-critical pipelines that allow the command to operate at "wire speed".

• Automation Tooling:
  Mastery of Ansible, Salt Stack, and Git Lab CI/CD for mission-critical pipeline automation.
• SOAR Engineering:
  Technical closing of complex playbooks within Splunk Phantom or Cortex XSOAR to automate adversary disruption.
• Agentic AI Frameworks:
  Scaling network defense using Lang Graph, CrewAI, or AutoGPT.
• Scripting:
  Professional-grade mastery of Python, Go, and Power Shell for rapid automation development.
• Mission Orchestration:
  Ability to build custom API integrations for unified mission systems like TACMS or Maven Smart System.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Dev Ops Engineer – Professional, or Hashi Corp Certified:
  Terraform Associate.
• Military Equivalency:
  Documented CMF Work Role Certification (Interactive Operator or Host Analyst) or 170A/17A technical leadership in OCO/DCO operations.

• Total
  
  Experience:
  
  12-15+ years in IT/Cybersecurity or Data Science.
• Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  At least 5-7 years specifically in automation, Dev Sec Ops , or "Hands on Keyboard" (HOK) operations within the Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD).
• Leadership: 3+ years of technical mentorship or "Team Lead" experience, as the role requires guiding senior technologists.

• Minimum: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Preferred: A Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative field (AI, Machine Learning, or Computational Engineering).

• TS/SCI with CI Poly required.

$ – $

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.