Senior Data Scientist

Responsibilities

Peraton seeks an AI / ML Senior Data Scientist to support Department of War Cyber Defense Command (DCDC) with defensive cyberspace operations and AI support. Location: Fort Meade, MD. In this role, you will perform advanced statistical analysis, develop machine learning (ML) models, and conduct operational research to support cyber defense decision-making and threat characterization.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Develop and validate predictive and prescriptive analytic models • Apply statistical and ML techniques for anomaly detection and event correlation • Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify operational trends • Collaborate with mission partners to translate requirements into analytic solutions • Document analytic workflows and methodologies for knowledge transfer • Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance • Analyze unstructured and semi-structured data, including latent semantic indexing (LSI), entity identification and tagging, complex event processing (CEP), and the application of analysis algorithms on distributed, clustered, and cloud-based high-performance infrastructures.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. Will consider Associates degree and 14 years of experience or HS and 16 years of experience. • Advanced proficiency in Python, R, SQL • Experience with machine learning model development and…