Data Mining & Analytics Engineer, Journeyman (Security Clearance Required)

Summary

ICF is actively recruiting for a Data Mining and Analytics Engineer to support the research and development of new cyber analytic capabilities. The successful cleared candidate will contribute to a large federal cyber security analytic program, utilizing their skills to create actionable insights and develop analytic solutions for various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Perform knowledge elicitation from customer subject matter experts and convert that to build analytic solutions
• Design, engineer, and optimize sustainment of large-scale distributed computation platforms and supporting environment (ecosystems) for various stakeholders, business owners, and industry partners
• Oversee the transition of services from third-party vendors to the analytic environment and be responsible for ad hoc and formal end-user training
• Identify applicable data to perform analytics and create solutions to acquire, transform, and load or correlate data components to and from the analytic environment
• Develop custom data modeling procedures to assist with data mining, modeling, and production
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy
• Interpret and communicate results to non-technical customers

Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of experience in a related field
• Practical working experience and advanced knowledge of cyber threats, tools, techniques, and processes
• Strong experience in data modeling and working with datasets of all sizes using a variety of data mining and data analysis methods/tools
• Active high-level security clearance required as part of client contract requirements
• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, ship is required
• Practical experience with the Databricks Intelligence Platform
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various clients in order to explain and elaborate on technical details
• Experience in developing analytic tools, processes, and governance for storing, modeling, capturing, and delivering data to the client's enterprise
• Experience with computational notebook technologies such as Databricks, Zeppelin, or Jupyter
• Experience with the application of visual analytics to computational analytic results
• Fluency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, R, etc.)
• Experience with database querying like SQL
• Readiness to collaborate with engineering teams, product teams, and customers to develop prototypes and software products
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Cloud Practitioner or higher desired
• CompTIA Security+ or higher cybersecurity certification preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of experience in a related field
• Practical working experience and advanced knowledge of cyber threats, tools, techniques, and processes
• Strong experience in data modeling and working with datasets of all sizes using a variety of data mining and data analysis methods/tools
• Active high-level security clearance required as part of client contract requirements
• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, ship is required

Nice to Haves

• Practical experience with the Databricks Intelligence Platform
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various clients in order to explain and elaborate on technical details
• Experience in developing analytic tools, processes, and governance for storing, modeling, capturing, and delivering data to the client's enterprise
• Experience with computational notebook technologies such as Databricks, Zeppelin, or Jupyter
• Experience with the application of visual analytics to computational analytic results
• Fluency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, R, etc.)
• Experience with database querying like SQL
• Readiness to collaborate with engineering teams, product teams, and customers to develop prototypes and software products
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Cloud Practitioner or higher desired
• CompTIA Security+ or higher cybersecurity certification preferred