Junior Data Scientist

MANTECH seeks a career and customer-oriented Junior Data Scientist to join our innovative team in Sterling, VA. This is a hybrid position with 2 days onsite and 3 days remote.

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. These solutions provide CBP personnel with additional tools to evaluate potential threats from legitimate trade and travel.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with a Team of Data Scientists daily and with mission stakeholders as needed.
• Query and validate data from a range of sources to fulfill ad-hoc data, stats, and visualization requests in support of mission priorities.
• Support automated reporting through the development of new reports and maintenance of existing reports.
• Perform exploratory data analysis as needed to identify significant trends, patterns, correlations, and anomalies.
• Leverage knowledge of a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Research information as needed.
• Brief outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school/GED and 6-15 years’ experience; AS/AA and 4-13 years’ experience; or BS/BA and 2-7 years’ experience; MS/MA/MBA and 0-5 years’ experience; PhD/Doctorate and 0-3 years’ experience.
• Proficiency using Python, R, Scala, JavaScript, or another programming language for the purpose of numerical computing, data analysis, or predictive modeling.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Strong communication and research skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced SQL query development and optimization, involving high volumes of data.
• Experience leveraging Python for task automation.
• Experience or familiarity with: Visual Studio Code, Anaconda/Spyder, Oracle SQL Developer, PostgreSQL, Databricks, Power BI, Git, and Jira.
• Prior National Targeting Center (NTC) experience, preferably with proficiency in operational data analysis.
• Experience working within an Agile development environment.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.
• The ability to obtain and maintain CBP Suitability prior to starting this position.

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.