Data Scientist

Core Responsibilities

• Create the necessary infrastructure to store and process data related to emergent sensors: database tables and schemas, data health alerts, and ETL pipelines
• Develop workflows to enable API-based movement of data related to emergent sensors between platforms
• Ensure all emergent sensor data adheres to government-directed data schemas, formats, and governance requirements
• Develop, construct, test, and maintain databases and large-scale, complex data processing systems
• Clean, prepare, and transform data to support geospatial data pipelines that create curated views of content for IC consumption
• Support cross-domain solutions using NGA enterprise tooling; manage the generation, approval, and population of data into databases ensuring security compliance
• Configure and monitor data health alerts to ensure training data operations are optimized and accessible
• Create and maintain government-directed computing environments (version-controlled code repositories and software environments) to enable preprocessing development activities

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Minimum 18 experience points required (see experience point calculation below)
• 4+ years of experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases and cloud architectures
• Experience leveraging APIs to query systems and migrate data
• Experience with programming languages including Python, JavaScript, or Java
• Experience developing, sustaining, and monitoring operational data pipelines supporting multiple data formats and interfaces
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NGA IT enterprise solutions (NGA enterprise platforms), Government ATO processes, and government Non-Person Entity (NPE) system access credentials
• Experience implementing processes and tools within an organization using the Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe)
• Experience developing dynamic visualizations to monitor pipeline availability, currency, and volumetrics

Benefits

• Health Insurance (Geo Owl pays 80%+ of the premium)
• 401k matching
• Dental, Vision, and other supplemental insurance plans available
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
• Peer-to-Peer spot bonuses
• 120 hours of PTO per year plus federal holidays
• Fully Paid Military Leave: *You make your full Geo Owl salary while you are on military duty*
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