Data Scientist

at  Solidus Technical Solutions

Solidus is searching for a Data Scientist in the Eglin AFB, FL area.
The successful candidate will join a team of engineers working on the AFRL Munitions Directorate and help scientists design and build AFRL’s leading-edge data lake. The ideal candidate will have a passion for science and engineering with a goal to deliver world class research and weapons concepts to continually give the United States warfighter the advantage on the ground, in the air, or in space.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Research, test, and evaluation of the best-of-breed data collection mechanisms we’ll leverage to curate modeling and simulation, terminal seeker sciences, aerodynamics, guidance, navigation, and control data.
• Architect science and technology data collection strategies that automates ingest and indexing to transform data into quarriable intelligence.
• Develop machine learning and unsupervised learning models and dataset statistics.
• Build robust visualization dashboards that summarizes contextual insights and celebrates S&T data intelligence.
• Author data state surveys that highlight and demonstrate data lake utilization.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THIS ROLE (REQUIREMENTS):

• US Citizenship and an active DoD Secret Clearance
• B.S. in Computer Science or Data Science with 9+ years of experience, OR Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience.
• Understand best practices of dataflow transit and curation of raw endpoint data to intelligent enrichment.
• Experience with implementing mechanisms that dynamically index, tag, and add metadata to a fully searchable database.
• Experience with deploying data analytics tools and techniques.
• Adept at recognizing data patterns, trends, and insights.
• Open to exploring bespoke solutions to get the most out of AFRL’s data and resources
• Experience with large scale data storage, retrieval, and processing solutions, such as Apache Spark.
• Data collection in a research laboratory context.
• Data stream processing with tools such as Apache Kafka.
• Developing visualizations that help users gain novel insights and actionable intelligence from their data.
• Experience with accessing the performance and suitability of trained machine learning model’s performance on new data.
• Assessing performance and suitability of trained machine learning model’s performance on new data.
• Some travel, anticipated 10% of the time

Desired certifications:

• Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)
• Data Science Council of America (DASCA) Principle Data Scientist (PDS)
• Microsoft Certified Data Scientist or AI Fundamentals
• Tensorflow Developer
• SAS Certified Professional in AI and Machine Learning

What we will bring: Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation’s greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more! Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor!
Req ID: 4836
Solidus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities regarding all terms and conditions of employment to all employees and qualified applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. The Company will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
Please Note: Solidus does not accept applications from agencies, 3rd party vendors, or applications with incomplete information