Mathematician, Sr. jobs in Washington, DC

Job Title

Sr. Statistician Mathematician

Location

Quantico, VA 22134 US (Primary)

Category

Intelligence

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Staff

Education

Master's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Senior Statistician/Mathematician to support a federal government client.

 

 

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

 

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with a CI POLY or the ability to obtain one.

Job Requirements

Description:

• Develops and applies fundamental mathematics, mathematical or statistical theory to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to generate usable information to solve a wide range of intelligence problems.
• Applies mathematical theories and statistical methods to solve practical problems.
• Develops mathematical or statistical models of phenomena for analysis or computational simulation.
• Designs complex metrics-projects that apply valid scientific techniques and utilize information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure analyses.
• Plans and performs data collection for projects, determining types / sizes of sample groups and prepares data for processing by organizing information and checking for inaccuracies.
• Processes large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis (metrics).
• Develops computer code to automate the collecting and processing of data.
• Produces results of analyses in graphs, charts, tables, and metrics.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.
• May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics.
• Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.
• Contribute to the research, application, and support of advanced all source analytic methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform, and/or present all source information through computer systems.
• Research, development and integrate mathematical, statistical, computational, logical, linguistic, cognitive, or social science methods encoded into algorithms and substantive technical expertise on computational methods development or acquisition in support of intelligence production.
• Design, develop, and evaluate leading-edge algorithmic intelligence concepts, practices, and technologies for implementation into all-source analysis tradecraft, assessments, production, and dissemination.
• Propose statistical or mathematical techniques and methodology that may permit identification and evaluation of alternatives, assists in model formulation or experimental test design, and shares jointly in team responsibility for development of advanced analytic techniques and assessments.
• Performs research studies to understand the process of augmenting or automating all source analytic processes using various computer models.

Desired Experience:

• 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 years.

 

Desired Education:

• Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college 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.

 

Location:

• Quantico, VA.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.