Description

SAIC has a contingent opening for a Data Scientist supporting a large, highly visible Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic Data Center and Cloud Hosting Service Program . Ideal candidates are people who thrive in a highly challenging, fully integrated government and private sector program team. Candidates must be capable of multitasking, possess highly refined communication skills, and be able to present information in a variety of forums for the program team, including integrated product team level and above.

Work is performed on site in North Charleston, SC. This program is contingent upon award news in March/April 2025.

Qualifications

Required Clearance : Active Secret clearance

Required Education : Bachelor’s degree

Required Experience : Three (3) years of notable experience with software integration or testing, including analyzing and implementing test plans and scripts; experience with frequent scripting language use, such as Python and R, and using packages commonly used in data science applications or advanced analytics; notable experience with data science, data mining, statistics, or graph algorithms to support analytics objectives. Experience applying Structured Query Language (SQL), Non-Structured Query Language (NoSQL), Application Program Interface (API) Building, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines, Web Application Servers, or Search Index; experience using programming languages and products such as Python, Jupyter Notebook, Pandas, Numpy, Requests, or Antigravity; experience applying complex mathematical and statistical concepts; experience applying statistical and operations research methods and tools; and experience employing spreadsheets for data manipulation and visualization.

Required Certs : At least one (1) of the following depending on tasking: industry certification such as CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Cloud Essentials, Microsoft Technical Associate (MTA), Certificate of Cloud Security (CCSK), CompTIA A+, EMC Data Science Associate (EMCDSA), Cloudera Certified Data Scientist (CCDH), Certified Apache Hadoop Developer (HCAHD) (Hortonworks), Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Professional (CCP) (Cloudera), Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE), Private Cloud, Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) (Cloudera).

Plus : Individual shall meet the latest Cybersecurity workforce certification/training in accordance with DoD 8570.1M and subsequent DoD 8140 manual as applicable. Additionally, depending on tasking, individual shall be certified as Information Assurance Management (IAM) or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) or Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level I or II (position-based).

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.