Data Scientist

Data Scientist

EpochGeo is looking for a senior level Data Scientist in Tampa, Florida to support one of the most innovative, exciting, and growing offices that is rooted in data rich projects in the national security space.

Are you a technical analyst who loves to work with data, find patterns in it, and then turn it into actionable intelligence? Are you a data scientist who loves to draw out insights from data, and work with analysts and engineers to turn those insights into automated workflows? If so, please reach out to us at EpochGeo to chat.

Location-based big data can be overwhelming, inaccessible, and noisy. EpochGeo is a data services firm specializing in supporting the full spectrum data cycle: beginning with scalable data storage and ending in producing impactful analytics. Our developers, analysts, and data scientists have a proven track record applying open-source innovative technology, data science, and actionable analytics to inform customers’ data driven decisions.

Your background likely includes:

• 10 years of experience working in US DoD and IC environments, preferably with CENTCOM or other COCOM elements.
• Education in Geography, Data Science, Economics, Computer Science, etc.
• Military and/or DoD/IC experience in any of the following disciplines: data science, computer vision, target development, geospatial, or statistical analysis.
• Experience with spatial data and map based visualization tools along with data science fundamentals such as data engineering, coding in python, SQL, data structures and familiarity with Keras, Tensorflow, Neo4j, or PyTorch frameworks preferred.
• Defining critical intelligence topics, initiating comprehensive research efforts, and analyzing intelligence information to assess developments, trends, and threat implications.
• Familiarity with machine learning and statistical methods applications to solve complex problem sets and achieve successful outcomes.
• Some experience querying, creating, and integrating data flows from an Elasticsearch instance to include building dashboards and presenting information via Kibana or Plotly Dash.
• Applied GIS work and familiarity with ESRI products and/or QGIS.

What you will be doing:

• Communicating with the project team, user community, and high level client leadership to understand requirements and demonstrate iterative progress.
• Exploiting multiple data and information environments for insights that can be automated at scale with developer assistance.
• Working with a multi-discipline team to build automated tipping and cueing and/or alert generation tools.
• Preparing Intelligence, data visualization products and finished intelligence and presenting them to a variety of audiences including senior leadership.
• Exploiting multiple geospatial big data environments for insights that can be automated at scale with developer assistance.
• Scripting in python to automate geospatial workflow, connecting to existing APIs to feed algorithms and/or front-end UIs.
• Conceiving and constructing working prototypes and first of their kind proof of concepts to push the art of the possible against real world problem sets.
• Working with data to enable software engineers to build upon automated tipping and cueing, alert generation tools, while developing trends to demonstrate states of readiness and forecasting future values.
• Working in a dynamic environment with ever evolving requirements.

Bonus:

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Geography, Statistics, Machine Learning, or related technical field

Additional:

• Must hold a TS/SCI clearance and be willing to submit for a CI Poly

Benefits Include:

• 100% health care premiums covered, FSA, HSA
• 401k: 6% match, immediate vesting
• 14 holidays: All 11 Federal holidays, day after Thanksgiving, 24 DEC, 31 DEC
• PTO: 4 weeks annually
• 3 week sabbatical every 3 years with the company

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Please list years of experience scripting in python:

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Tampa, FL 33621 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $160,000 - $200,000