Data Scientist

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first. At ManTech International Corporation, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement. Only candidates local to the DMV area will be considered.

Each day U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees the massive flow of people, capital, and products that enter and depart the United States via air, land, sea, and cyberspace.  The volume and complexity of both physical and virtual border crossings require the application of “big data” solutions to promote efficient trade and travel.  Further, effective “big data” solutions help CBP ensure the movement of people, capital, and products is legitimate, safe, and secure.

Within three - six months of joining the project, data scientists will be expected to:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Perform hands-on analysis and modeling with large, complex data sets to provide solutions to support a wide range of law enforcement mission areas.

• Demonstrate proficiency in extracting, cleaning, and transforming CBP transactional and mission data associated within an identified problem space to build predictive models as well as develop appropriate supporting documentation.

• Leverage knowledge of a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques and methods to define and develop programming algorithms; train, evaluate, and deploy predictive analytics models that directly inform mission decisions.

• Execute projects including those intended to identify patterns and/or anomalies in large datasets; perform automated text/data classification and categorization as well as entity recognition, resolution and extraction; and named entity matching.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in developing machine learning models and applying advanced analytics solutions to solve complex business problems.

• Experience with programming languages including: R, Python, Scala, Java.

• Experience with SQL programming

• Experience constructing and executing queries to extract data in support of EDA and model development.

• Experience with pattern recognition and extraction, automated classification, and categorization

• Experience with entity resolution (e.g., record linking, named entity matching, deduplication/ disambiguation)

• Experience with unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques and methods

• Experience performing data mining, analysis, and training set construction.

• You must meet at least one of the following: High School Diploma and 6-15 years of relevant experience OR Associates Degree and 4-13 years of relevant experience OR Bachelors Degree and 2-7 years of relevant experience OR Masters Degree and 0-5 years of relevant experience OR PhD and 0-3 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with statistical software packages including: SAS, SPSS Modeler, R, WEKA, or equivalent.

• Proficiency with Unsupervised Machine Learning methods including Cluster Analysis (e.g., K-means, K-nearest Neighbor, Hierarchical, Deep Belief Networks, Principal Component Analysis), Segmentation, etc.

• Proficiency with Supervised Machine Learning methods including Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, Logistic Regression, Random/Rotation Forests, Categorization/Classification, Neural Nets, Bayesian Networks, etc.

• Experience with pattern recognition and extraction, automated classification, and categorization.

• Experience with entity resolution (e.g., record linking, named-entity matching, deduplication/ disambiguation).

• Experience with visualization tools and techniques (e.g., Periscope, Business Objects, D3, ggplot, Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics, PowerBI).

• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, HIVE, HDFS, HBase, MapReduce, Spark, Kafka, Sqoop).

• Master’s Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science/engineering, or other related technical fields with equivalent practical experience.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) suitability.

Physical Requirements: 

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside an office environment to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. 

• The person in this position will constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a copy machine and computer printer. 

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 60 - 80% of the time.

The projected compensation range for this position is $79,300-$133,100. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, ManTech invests in it’s employees beyond just compensation. ManTech’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

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