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We focus on work where our expertise creates the greatest impact.\nOur team includes technologists, Intelligence Community veterans, and security professionals who believe the best solutions come from collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence. From cyber operations and AI platforms to cloud-native software and emerging technologies, our work speaks for itself.\nCome Solve With Us\nWe offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, retirement savings with company match, generous paid time off, and professional development. We invest in our people because great missions require great teams.\nU.S. Citizenship is required for this position due to federal government contract and security clearance requirements.\nThis position requires and ACTIVE and CURRENT TS SCI with a POLYGRAPH to be considered. \nAperio Global is seeking a Data Scientist to develop machine learning, data mining, statistical and graph-based algorithms to analyze and make sense of datasets; prototype or consider several algorithms and decide upon final model based on suitable performance metrics; build models or develop experiments to generate data when training or example datasets are unavailable; generate reports and visualizations that summarize datasets and provide data-driven insights to customers; partner with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics; implement prototype algorithms within production frameworks for integration into analyst workflows.\nOverview: \nLevel 1\nProduce data visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning.\nCollaborate with subject matters experts (SMEs) to identify important information in raw data\nand develop scripts that extract this information from a variety of data formats (e.g., SQL tables,\nstructured metadata, network logs).\nIncorporate SME input into feature vectors suitable for analytic development and testing.\nTranslate customer qualitative analysis process and goals into quantitative formulations that are coded into software prototypes.\nDevelop and implement statistical, machine learning, and heuristic techniques to create descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.\nDevelop statistical tests to make data-driven recommendations and decisions\nLevel 2\nDevelop experiments to collect data or models to simulate data when required data are unavailable.\nDevelop feature vectors for input into machine learning algorithms.\nIdentify the most appropriate algorithm for a given dataset and tune input and model parameters.\nEvaluate and validate the performance of analytics using standard techniques and metrics (e.g. cross validation, ROC curves, confusion matrices).\nEvaluate individual analytic efforts and make recommendations in the analytic development process.\nRecommend solutions that can scale to large datasets.\nCollaborate with software engineers, cloud developers, and appropriate stakeholders to develop production analytics.\nDevelop and train machine learning systems based on statistical analysis of data characteristics to support mission automation\nSecurity Clearance Requirements:\nThis position requires all candidates to be U.S. Citizens and possess an active TS/SCI Security Clearance with a Polygraph.\nQualifications:\nRequires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., statistics, mathematics, operations research, and engineering or computer science) from an accredited college or university, and four (4) years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics and two (2) year of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.\nA Master's degree in relevant discipline may be substituted for two (2) years of relevant experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics, and one (1) year of relevant experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.\nIn lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree, an additional four (4) years of relevant experience may be substituted for a total of eight (8) years of relevant experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics, and two (2) years of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.\nLevel 2: \nA PhD in relevant discipline may be substituted for four (4) years relevant experience reducing the requirement to four (4) years of relevant experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics, and one (1) year of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.\nAnticipated Salary Range; \nLEVEL 1 150-170 \nLEVEL 2 170-190\nThe salary range for this role represents Aperio’s good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Placement within the range is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to an individual’s qualifications, relevant experience, education, certifications, technical skills, contract labor categories and/or rates, work location, market conditions, and business needs.\nBenefits\nAt Aperio Global, we understand the value of investing in our most important asset-our employees. That's why we have crafted a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you make the best decision for yourself, your family and your lifestyle. For additional details, contact our talent acquisition team.\nHealth Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)\nRetirement Plan (401k, IRA) with 100% employer match up to 6%\nLife Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)\nPaid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)\nShort Term & Long Term Disability\nProfessional Development\n(and much more)\nAperio Global is an equal opportunity employer. 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