Data Scientist

Amentum is seeking a dynamic and innovative Data Scientist in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Operations Directorate as part of the Joint Fires Element at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. This position will identify, analyze, and articulate data requirements and artifacts in the planning and operational execution of:

• Integration requirements across the Services, Allies, and Partner Nations within the Indo-Pacific Joint Coalition Fires enterprise to achieve maximum effects against selected targets.
• Work across multiple staff offices to collect and fuse data, develop innovative methods to standardize data ingestion and tagging, and support on-going management of associated USINDOPACOM data assets.
• Determine which data are available and useful for the project.
• Collect, categorize, and analyze data.
• Create, validate, test, and update algorithms and models.
• Use data visualization software to present findings.
• Make business recommendations to stakeholders based on data analysis.

Specific Duties Include:

• Work across all USINDOPACOM directorates and special staff to understand the data resident within the Command, the types of data most frequently used, and for what purpose.
• Provide ontology and data quality for all USINDOPACOM data.
• Advise in the evolution of an INDOPACIFIC data strategy and associated policy.
• Utilize industry standard communication and visualization tools to visualize and communicate complex quantitative information and analysis.
• Interpret and communicate insights and findings from analysis to customer and other stakeholders with required/appropriate documentation.
• Tag data assets (i.e. operational, intelligence, enterprise, business activities) to support search and discovery of existing data.
• Facilitate and develop relationships across the Geographic Combatant Command CDOs, Combatant Commands CDO as well as the Joint Staff CDO.
• Support INDOPACOM’s responsibilities with respect to planning and data management for risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing to provide information, articles, written reports, and presentations to include delivering executive summaries to flag and general officers (FO/GO) and Senior Executive Service (SES) level officials.

Additionally, the Data Scientist will maintain a real-time understanding of technical requirements that include:

• Apply analytics and customer segmentation techniques within intelligence functions.
• Maintain, move, and manipulate data between applications, using appropriate software (e.g., Apache Spark, ElasticSearch, R, Python, Kibana and others as technology evolves).
• Identify meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources.
• Compile reports, charts, and tables based on established statistical methods.
• Prepare conclusions and predictions based on data summaries.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience with MIL-STD data formats; USMTF/OTH, CMF, TACTICAL DATA LINKS/JREAP and VMF.
• 6+ years’ relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering or related field; will also accept Master’s and 3+ years’ relevant experience.
• Proficiency with Data Science techniques/methods of extracting, organizing, and analyzing both structured and unstructured data to form useful insights and informed decisions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and creativity in developing and exploiting alternative sources of non-traditional information for DOD customers.
• Strong oral presentation, data visualization, and writing skills.
• Must have an active Top-Secret security clearance and be SCI eligible. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with USINDOPACOM HQ, the AOR, and associated intelligence/operational missions.
• Experience with intelligence community systems and tools.
• Previous experience working in a 4-star Headquarters.
• Experience with AWS, Java, C++, APIs, SOAP, XML, JSON, and/or JavaScript.

The salary range for this position is $150K to $170K. (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.