Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Kingfisher Systems, Inc. (Kingfisher) specializes in providing the U.S. government with a full range of Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Intelligence, and support services to the U.S. Government. Kingfisher’s core competency is technology-enabled services with a specific focus on national security. Since 2005, Kingfisher has established itself as a recognized and trusted partner whose mission is safeguarding sensitive information, operations, and programs for our Federal customers and U.S. warfighters.

Mission

Kingfisher is seeking a Data Scientist for a confidential Department of Defense client. Client mission includes:

• Leading the Department’s strategy and policy on data, analytics, and AI adoption, as well as governing and overseeing efforts across the Department.
• Enabling the development of digital and AI-enabled solutions across the Department, while also selectively scaling proven solutions for enterprise and joint use cases.
• Providing a sophisticated cadre of technical experts that serve as a de facto data and digital response force able to address urgent crises and emerging challenges with state-of-the-art digital solutions

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards according to user requirements
• Collaborate with data engineering and functional resources to build performant applications to support requirements from the procurement, FM and other communities as needed and approved by CDAO leaders
• Designs, configures, develops, tests, and supports informatics and data science solutions for a wide array of technical use cases;
• Applies analytical methodologies to diagnose data-related challenges, implement solutions, and evaluate performance;
• Documents and presents requirements, design alternatives, and findings to team members and external stakeholders;
• Ability to develop strategic, baselined, data modeling processes; ability to accurately determine cause-and-effect relationships; and
• Experience with integrated development environments, data integration, data visualization, data mining, and analysis tools.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a United States Citizen.
• Experience writing and presenting technical concepts to various audiences

Years of Experience:

• Five plus (5+) years of experience in Python and EQL; Apache Spark experience is highly desired.
• Five plus ( 5+) years of experience developing dashboards using Qlik or Tableau.
• Minimum two plus (2+) years experience with contracting or FM data sources

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s degree or higher

Minimum Clearance Requirement: Active Secret Clearance

Location: Hybrid (2-3 days per week on-site) Falls Church, Pentagon, Alexandria, or Arlington

U.S. Citizenship: Required

Kingfisher Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.