Job Overview: The Senior Data Scientist will work on a small team in a SCIF in the northern Virginia area. Team members will work closely with NGA experts, Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, reservist SMEs, and other NGA contractors to develop capabilities supporting the Motion GEOINT Tradecraft Modernization project.
Essential Functions:
- Collects and analyzes statistics and information from multiple sources to spot trends and gain maximum insight that can give the company a competitive advantage.
- Communicates informed conclusions and recommendations across an organizations leadership structure.
- Strategizes and identifies unique opportunities to locate and collect new data, explores and mines data from many angles, and determines what it means.
- Communicates data findings to both business and IT leaders to influence how an organization approaches and meets the business challenges of an evolving customer base and changing marketplace, using strong business acumen.
- Finds and recommends new uses for existing data sources; designs modifies, and builds new data processes; and builds large, complex data sets.
- Conducts statistical modeling and experiment design, and tests and validates predictive models.
- Builds web prototypes and performs data visualization.
- Conducts scalable data research on and off the cloud.
- Develops customized algorithms to solve analytical problems with incomplete data sets and implements automated processes for efficiently producing scale models.
- Collaborates with database engineers and other scientists to develop, refine, and scale data management and analytics procedures, systems, workflows, best practices, and other issues.
- Implements new or enhanced software designed to access and handle data more efficiently.
- Trains the data management team on new or updated procedures.
- Writes and implements quality procedures.
- Regular and reliable attendance on a full-time basis [or per posted schedule].
- Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the companys policies and practices.
- Embodies AEVEXs cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.
Qualifications & Competencies:
- Bachelors Degree or Higher in a related field.
- 7+ years experience.
- Active TS/SCI DoD Clearance.
- Leading, integrating, defining tasks, validating.
- Demonstrate advanced application of knowledge and skills in the field and have demonstrated this knowledge and skill in previous work.
- Fully capable of meeting all services required without direction.
- Capable of providing direction to lower-level employees and of performing quality control and quality assurance checks on other employees work.
- May provide oversight of fellow Contractor employees from their own company.
- Expected to provide advice to Government leadership on processes, procedures, technology, and items of interest.
- Expected to lead collaboration across NGA and IC analysts in the performance of services.
- Provide senior-level support to NGA office-level leadership.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is:
- Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment
For this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time, and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits.
About AEVEX Aerospace
AEVEX Aerospace, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The companys capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Florida.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
AEVEX Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. We welcome candidates with diverse strengths, experiences, backgrounds, and capabilities, who share a passion for Empowering People to Make the World a Safer Place.
