Data Scientist

Overview

Position: Data Scientist

Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany

Clearance: Secret

Mission Essential is seeking a Data Scientist to join a cutting-edge initiative supporting the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in Germany. This role will contribute to the delivery of critical engineering and technical support services, with a strong focus on applying advanced data science and engineering solutions to support mission success.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data sets for purposes ranging from descriptive to predictive across multiple platforms including but not limited to Palantir, TDP, Microsoft, Advana, and various Cloud Platforms
  • Configure data pipelines within and across various data platforms leveraging both existing connections and establishing connections with APIs.
  • Leverage existing low-code/no-code capabilities within the data platform to create decision support tools
  • Configure python/SQL/R code to create decision support tools
• Enhance and expand the configuration of advanced analytical models using AI and ML
  • Create and configure historical datasets of pertinent parameters across multiple data platforms
  • Create and configure new and leverage existing mathematical models using historical datasets
• Provide real-time combat power, sustainment, and readiness forecasting: Combat power, sustainment, and readiness forecasting is a complex process that involves evaluating a wide range of factors to predict a military unit's or force's ability to successfully engage in combat and sustainment operations.
  • Analyze resources including but not limited to: personnel
  • equipment
  • training
  • logistical support
  • Analyze external factors including but not limited to: terrain
  • weather
  • capabilities of potential adversaries
• Use resource and external factors analyses and previous forecasts to forecast combat power, sustainment, and readiness.
• Document code, APIs, and system architecture for future reference and team collaboration.
• Conduct and support organizational/internal training on and configuration of tools designed to enable accurate adoption of tools within the command.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience combination of any of the following:
  • Fifteen (15) years of recent specialized experience
  • Major IT Certification AND eleven (11) years of recent specialized experience
  • Associate's degree in computer science, information management, or related discipline AND eleven (11) years of recent specialized experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, or related discipline AND seven (7) years of recent specialized experience
• IA Technical Level II certification or higher:
  CCNA Security
  CompTIA CySA+
  Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
  GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
  CompTIA Security+ CE
  EC-Council Certified Network Defense (CND)
  (ISC)² Certified System Security Practitioner (SSCP)

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