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**ManTech seeks** a motivated, career and customer-oriented **Data Scientist** to join our team in **Chantilly, VA** .

In this dynamic role, you will join a top-tier team of Information Technology and Analytic professionals dedicated to supporting national security through innovative data science and analytics. You will work in a self-contained Big Data environment where the team manages everything from infrastructure and application development to advanced analytics. This position offers numerous opportunities for growth, collaboration, and problem-solving in a thought-provoking, mission-driven setting.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

+ Working with large, complex, and disparate data sets

+ Designing and implementing innovative ways to analyze and exploit the Sponsor’s data holdings

+ Researching and reporting on a wide variety of Sponsor inquiries

+ Proactively identifying areas for analysis or exploitation and raising inquiries to the Sponsor

+ Applying advanced analytical methodologies to solve difficult, non-routine problems and improve analytic processes

+ Developing custom searches

+ Participating in threat hunting and/or developing advanced, novel detection mechanisms to counter malicious actors

Minimum Qualifications:

+ High School Diploma with 2+ years of experience coding/scripting in Python

+ Experience and knowledge of appropriate analytic tools and methodologies in one or more of the following:

+ Applied mathematics (e.g., probability and statistics, formal modeling, computational social sciences)

+ Computer programming (e.g., programming languages, math/statistics packages, computer science, machine learning, scientific computing)

+ Experience collecting information and accurately visualizing and representing it to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Understanding of algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection

+ Knowledge of relational databases including SQL and large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop

+ Experience with statistical data analysis (e.g., linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling)

+ Background in computer network operations, particularly network defense and/or exploitation

+ Experience in signature development, threat hunting, and/or threat modeling

Clearance Requirements:

+ An active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required

Physical Requirements:

+ Use hands to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer

+ The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

+ Constantly positions self to maintain computers in the lab, including under desks and in the server closet

ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with ManTech through its online applicant system, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.