Job Overview: 

The SME Data Scientist will lead a small team in a SCIF in the northern Virginia area. Team members will work closely with applicable NGA offices, Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, reservist SMEs, and other NGA contractors to develop AI/ML capabilities supporting the Motion GEOINT Tradecraft Modernization project. The team will transition existing military convoy detection algorithms, develop new convoy detection algorithms, investigate, and develop algorithms for new motion signatures, and modify the codebase to make the algorithms executable on NGA CORE. All work will be conducted at the TS/SCI level and completed on-site at a SCIF in Herndon, VA.

Essential Functions:

• Collects and analyzes statistics and information from multiple sources to spot trends and gain maximum insight that can give the company a competitive advantage.
• Communicates informed conclusions and recommendations across an organizations leadership structure.
• Strategizes and identifies unique opportunities to locate and collect new data, explores and mines data from many angles, and determines what it means.
• Communicates data findings to both business and IT leaders to influence how an organization approaches and meets the business challenges of an evolving customer base and changing marketplace, using strong business acumen.
• Finds and recommends new uses for existing data sources; designs modifies, and builds new data processes; and builds large, complex data sets.
• Conducts statistical modeling and experiment design, and tests and validates predictive models.
• Builds web prototypes and performs data visualization.
• Conducts scalable data research on and off the cloud.
• Develops customized algorithms to solve analytical problems with incomplete data sets and implements automated processes for efficiently producing scale models.
• Collaborates with database engineers and other scientists to develop, refine, and scale data management and analytics procedures, systems, workflows, best practices, and other issues.
• Implements new or enhanced software designed to access and handle data more efficiently.
• Trains the data management team on new or updated procedures.
• Writes and implements quality procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance on a full-time basis [or per posted schedule].
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the companys policies and practices.
• Embodies AEVEXs cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.

Qualifications & Competencies:

• PhD in a related field.
• 15+ Years Experience.
• Active TS/SCI DoD Clearance.
• Leading, designing solutions to problems, accountable for results.
• Requires a complete and thorough knowledge of the tradecraft.
• Has considerable demonstrated experience and has shown skills to be the best of their peers.
• Ability to oversee others in their work.
• Must meet all of the services required and provide direction to others in performing these duties.
• Expected to provide senior-level advice to senior leadership in NGA and the IC at the office and directorate level.
• Expected to periodically advise organizations outside of the area they are normally providing support.
• Collaboration is a normal part of their duties.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is:

• Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment

For this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time, and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.