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AEITS, Inc., a GTSC company, is growing its team! Seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support our customer in the Annapolis Junction, MD area. Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland ~~~ All work is on-site with some hybrid opportunity. Schedule: Mon-Fri. Part-time position of approximately 20 hours per week available for someone with very strong skills. Compensation: Salary is highly dependent upon the skills that you bring to the position. See both Requirements and Strongly Desired below. Mission: The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning, scalable data science solutions, and knowledge of hybrid cloud environments with the ability to design and implement cutting-edge analytics capabilities and can show a portfolio of past experience including any blogs, papers, talks, Kaggle, and contributions to open source. Certifications: None required. Requirements: • U.S. Citizenship • Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph • Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or related field. • 3+ years of experience in data science or related field, plus additional 3+ years' experience in a complimentary function such as cybersecurity. • Programming skills in Python with working knowledge of Python packages such as Pytorch, Keras and TensorFlow and other relevant packages. • Experience in machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling techniques. • Proficiency in Elastic and/or NoSQL databases. • Experience in designing and implementing real-time machine learning solutions. Education and Required Qualification • Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or related field. • Desired: Masters or Ph.D. degree in computer science. Responsibilities: • Design and implement data science solutions across hybrid-cloud environments. • Create and manage Elastic anomaly detection jobs and manage ingesting new data formats and converting logs to Elastic Common Schema. • Develop machine learning models for cybersecurity and automation, including building Local RAG/LLM models. • Automate analytic solutions and build scalable analytics capabilities. • Collaborate with the mission team to gather requirements across various teams. • Assess and implement new tools and technologies to enhance mission capabilities. • Lead complex data science projects from conception to production. • Develop real-time data processing solutions at scale. • Integrate AI/ML with applications and systems. • Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to the overall growth of the data science team. • Communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strongly Desired: • Master's or Ph.D. degree in computer science. • Experience with GPU-accelerated data science tools and libraries such as NVIDIA RAPIDS, Morpheus, cuDF, and cuML. • Experience implementing zero trust systems. • Experience using Elastic Security anomaly detection to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities. • Experience designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications using Docker or ContainerD and Helm charts. • Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated application deployments, specifically for MLOps and LLMops using GitLab or equivalent. • Strong understanding of AI/ML applications in systems and software. • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. • Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, and Elastic. • Experience with big data tools such as Hadoop, Spark, Elasticsearch, and data lakes. • Cloud computing expertise using AWS, Azure, or other. • Experience with distributed systems tools such as, Etcd, zookeeper, or consul. • Experience with Apache Kafka or similar messaging system. • Experience with anomaly detection using Python. • Unix data science skills. • Intelligence Community (IC) experience. Travel: Less than 10%travel may occur. BENEFITS - Full-time Employees • 401K with employer contribution match. Fully vested at 1 year anniversary. • Five (5) weeks comprehensive annual leave (25 workdays). • Additional leave can be earned in lieu of overtime. • 11 Paid Federal Government Holidays. • Up to $5,000 annually for individually tailored education / training program. • All education plans must be pre-approved by Advantage Engineering management. • Life Insurance at 1x annual salary with employee option to purchase additional coverage for self and dependents. • Short-term and long-term disability. • We contribute a generous portion towards the cost of monthly medical plans for any of the three medical, 1 dental and 1 vision plan provided by CareFirst. • All employees are eligible to earn generous incentives and performance bonuses. AEITS, a GTSC company, is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting, hiring, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, regardless of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical, mental or sensory disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. GTSC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and require assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by contacting us at Note: This accessibility is intended for individuals requiring accommodation and should not be used to check the status of your application. Inquiries not specific to requesting accommodation will be discarded. GTSC participates in the E-Verify program in all locations as required by law. 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