Computer Scientist - Sr. level

Overview

Bluehawk is seeking two senior level computer scientists who shall perform work at designated government-owned factilities at USINDOPACOM HQ Camp H.M. Smith; USINDOPACOM JIOC, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI; and other military locations on the island of Oahu, HI. Locations also may include OCONUS & CONUS U.S. Government Controlled Facilities within the USINDOPACOM’s Area of Responsibility (AOR) or their Joint Detachment (JDET) Offices in Denver, CO; Minneapolis, MN; or Ft. Worth, TX. 

Primary work location is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, however government will determine based on mission requirements.

Responsibilities

• Employs mathematics, statics, information science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, network science, probability modeling, data mining, data engineering, data warehousing, data compression, data protection, and / or other scientific techniques to correlate complex, technical findings into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products on trends of existing intelligence data to leverage other IC data sources.
• Develops and utilizes machine learning and data mining algorithn1s, including, but not limited to, Multiple Information Model Synthesis Architecture (MIMOSA) prediction algorithms based on open source capabilities.
• Integrates or codes algorithms to support Government intelligence search and discovery missions.
• Makes best-practice recommendations on managing data within hardware, software, storage, and bandwidth constraints.
• Employs data science techniques to support predictive analysis, social media and crowd-source data analytics, war gaming, and strategy development.
• Employs exploratory analysis and rapid iteration techniques of large volumes of data to quickly derive intelligence.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.
• Contractor shall apply scientific methods and technical tradecraft across the full range of intelligence requirements.
• Supports the identification of automated collection criteria. development of automated collection requirements, collection planning, research and development for optimization purposes, processing, and dissemination.
• Develops and implements innovative processes to investigate, prototype, and evaluate technologies and process to close intelligence gaps.
• Assists in the integration of new collection management related technology, equipment, or software into operational architectures and/or fuses existing complementary technology to ensure that a system functions effectively as a whole.
• Evaluates the functionality, effectiveness, and suitability of systems and applications to identify and address shortcomings.
• Collaborates with collection management personnel on development of specialized, innovative, or novel methods and procedures to support national and theater Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions.
• Collaborates with contractors in complementing mission areas, such as data scientists and knowledge managers to identify technical and / or procedural deficiencies, develop alternative courses of actions to improve existing procedures and / or mitigate identifieddeficiencies, and facilitate the implementation of new processes, techniques, procedures, to include automation where possible.
• Recommends changes to collection management processes based on operational efficacy, research, or maturity of the emerging technologies.
• Evaluates and assesses collection management initiatives and activities and makes recommendations to continuously optimize applications and processes.
• Develops and implements collection management processes to guide automation activities through the presentation of briefings and technical reports.
• Contractor shall support and participate in conferences, exercises (planning and execution), and working groups (via secure video teleconferencing (VTC) or in person), Joint Collection Management Board (JCMB), Joint Collection Working Groups (JCWG), DefenseCollection Management Boards (DCMB), and National Collection Management Boards (NCMB) as requested by the Government.

Qualifications

• Contractors shall have a broad understanding of the totality of computer science and a deep expertise in its application across the Tasking, Collection, Production, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) process.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
• Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrates ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.
• Must have active Top-Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TC/SCI) clearance
• Desired Experience:
• Minimum 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 yearsDesired Education:
• Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from acollege or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have Bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related senior experience, for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the Master’s degree.

Bluehawk, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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