Description
SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.
SAIC is seeking a Big Data Engineer to support a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting the development of new IT tools and capabilities. In this role, you will work closely with government customers and IT developers to validate customer requirements; establish the required data environments; serve as the data visualization subject matter expert; create and translate trend analyses, and facilitate stakeholder decision-making.
The ideal candidate will:
Have a depth of experience in data science and large data sets, to include demonstrated experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, SQL), statistical programs (e.g. R and MS Excel), and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, QlikView)
Have experience working in agile and DevOps environments
Be forward-leaning, recommending necessary improvements to achieve the customer's vision.
Responsibilities include:
Establishing the system environment for large data sets, considering aspects such as data capture, storage, extraction, process and analysis
Using data visualization tools to create roadmaps, placemats and process flows; and creatively displaying data to facilitate customer decision-making processes
Applying data wrangling and exploration techniques
Manipulating data to gather insights from large structured and unstructured data sets and developing trend analyses
Developing algorithms to facilitate data analysis, support identification of data errors, and developing pattern analysis from multiple disparate data sources
Providing input on software implementation for analytics
Validating customer requirements and determining feasibility of solutions and alternative options
Contributing to and collaborating on executive-level briefings
Solving complex problems through creative and effective solutions; identifying areas of improvement; and making recommendations to realize the customer's vision
Qualifications
Required:
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more of related experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.
3-5 years' experience within an IC Agency, preferably ODNI
Extensive experience as a data scientist, to include working with large data sets, cleaning and manipulating data, developing trend analyses, having knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts.
Degree in a mathematical or scientific field; must have a strong command of statistics and computer science
Experience with data aggregation and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, QlikView)
Experience with programming languages and statistical programs (Python, R Programming, SQL) data manipulation and applying algorithms
Experience with Microsoft Access and Excel
Experience with data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL)
Knowledge of data wrangling and data exploration
Desired:
Familiarity with Agile methodology
Experience working with IT development projects
Experience working with MongoDB and MySQL
Deep understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence for logical applications and techniques
Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced mission environment which requires balancing competing priorities and schedules
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2315029
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
