Data Mining and Analytics Engineer

ICF International seeks an experienced Data Mining and Analytics (Databricks) 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 the Data Mining and Analytics (Databricks) 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 and 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.

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 a minimum of 5 years experience in data modeling and working with datasets of all sizes using a variety of data mining and data analysis methods/tools 
• Demonstrated hands-on working experience and advanced knowledge of cyber threats, tools, techniques, and processes is required 
• Active security clearance required as part of client contract requirements 
• US Citizenship required as part of client contract requirements 

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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.)
• Experience with database querying like SQL
• Readiness to collaborate with engineering teams, product teams, and customers to develop prototypes and software products
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Cloud Practitioner or higher desired
• CompTIA Security+ or higher cybersecurity certification preferred

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$98,614.00 - $167,644.00Virginia Remote Office (VA99)