ICF is actively recruiting for Data Mining and Analytics Engineer to support the research and development of new cyber analytic capabilities that will help the US protect and defend its networks and critical information systems. The successful cleared candidate will act as a Data Mining and Analytics Engineer to support a large federal cyber security analytic program. Your work will contribute to the knowledge of how cyber-attacks work, how vulnerabilities are exploited, and the way hostile cyber actors operate. Utilize your skills to help experiment and prototype future cyber capabilities for implementation at large-scale.
As a Data Mining and Analytics Engineer, your exceptional skillset will create useful and actionable insight for the customer through the development of analytic solutions (hardware, analytics, tools, techniques, practices, deployment, standards, performance specifications, etc.) for analytic use cases developed during the performance of this project. You will work closely with the Analytics Research team to identify platform enhancements that support the forward-looking analytics under consideration.
The ideal candidate has extensive knowledge of a wide variety of systems and networks to include high-volume/high-availability systems. You are focused on results, a self-starter, and have demonstrated success for using analytics to drive the understanding, growth, and success of the analysis. This is an opportunity to contribute to an important project from its beginning, work with the latest emerging technologies, and all while building a great career at ICF!
This role is primarily telework-based with occasional meetings at client locations (Arlington, VA or Pensacola, FL) or ICF facilities within the Washington, DC metro area (DMV).
What You Will Be Doing:
Perform knowledge elicitation from customer subject matter experts and convert that to build analytic solutions
Design, engineer, and optimize sustainment of large-scale distributed computation platforms and supporting environment (ecosystems) for various stakeholders, business owners, and industry partners
Oversee the transition of services from third-party vendors to the analytic environment and be responsible for ad hoc and formal end-user training
Identify applicable data to perform analytics and create solutions to acquire, transform, and load or correlate data components to and from the analytic environment
Develop custom data modeling procedures to assist with data mining, modeling, and production
Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy
Interpret and communicate results to non-technical customers
What You Must Have:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
Position requires 3+ years of experience in a related field
Practical working experience and advanced knowledge of cyber threats, tools, techniques, and processes
Strong experience in data modeling and working with datasets of all sizes using a variety of data mining and data analysis methods/tools
Active high-level security clearance required as part of client contract requirements
Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US citizenship is required
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Practical experience with the Databricks Intelligence Platform
Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various clients in order to explain and elaborate on technical details
Experience in developing analytic tools, processes, and governance for storing, modeling, capturing, and delivering data to the client’s enterprise
Experience with computational notebook technologies such as Databricks, Zeppelin, or Jupyter
Experience with the application of visual analytics to computational analytic results
Fluency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, R, etc.)
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