Data Scientist

Description & RequirementsMaximus is seeking a Data Scientist to spearhead AI and data initiatives for the Department of Defense's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). You'll develop strategies to protect CDAO's technical offerings from insider threats, leveraging machine learning and deep learning techniques with tools like Jupyter, Spark, TensorFlow, or PyTorch. With your expertise in anomaly detection and technical leadership, you'll collaborate on policy coordination and develop advanced threat detection capabilities.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Support development of insider threat strategy in support of protecting CDAO technical offerings; balance short-term wins with long-term investments to progressively mature CDAO’s defenses against insider threats.Lead coordination of policy and strategy related to insider threats with industry partners and other DoD components.Lead exploration of data sources that are relevant to measuring, identifying, and defending against insider threats.Provide technical leadership in developing capabilities to detect insider threats among large user communities, leveraging a combination of statistical, classical machine learning, and deep learning methods.Write documentation about CDAO’s strategic approach to insider threat defense and how it fits within the broader DoD insider threat ecosystem.Minimum Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field plus 4 years of experience, or Master's degree in Computer Science with 2 years of experience.Experience with data science techniques, classical machine learning, and deep learning for anomaly detection.Experience with Jupyter, Spark, and either TensorFlow or PyTorch.Previous relevant technical leadership experience.Exemplary technical writing skills.Prior experience in insider threat detection, fraud detection, or anti-abuse engineering is preferred.A traditional background in cybersecurity is not required.

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