Data Science Engineer

Tatitlek Corporation The - Colorado Springs, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Colorado Springs, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Data Science Engineer will support the Dean of Faculty in enhancing the academic and research mission within a quasi-university environment. This role involves providing expert guidance on data science technologies and strategies, ensuring their integration into academic and research activities while adhering to military standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess current and recommend future data science and data science-related cybersecurity technologies, methods, considerations, and uses for academics and research.
• Advise the Dean of Faculty on data science academic and research policy, strategy, and architectural matters.
• Act as the Dean's data science coach and liaison to the faculty, facilitating broad data curriculum and research experimentation, adoption, integration, and implementation.
• Deliver draft assessments and recommendations quarterly and at specified periods.
• Aid the Dean of Faculty in drafting an academic and research data strategy within the first 4 months, ensuring alignment with institutional and federal policy and goals.
• Integrate university and research center best practices and lessons learned.
• Assist in updating and maintaining the data strategy throughout the period of performance.
• Provide training and coaching seminars and collaborations with departments at least monthly.
• Assist in the experimentation, implementation, and adoption of data-centered technologies and methods into the classroom, lab, and research activities.
• Recommend technology configurations, cybersecurity implementations and mitigations, and cybersecurity approvals.
• Serve as a liaison between departments and other mission elements, facilitating cross-discipline integration and use of data technologies and methodologies.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a high operations tempo environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe applications.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with data science technologies, including data analysis, management, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
• Experience as a Data architect and in developing data policy and strategy for a large institution.
• Minimum of a Master's degree in data sciences with an emphasis on data management, integration with AI, ML, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a university and/or research environment and implementing data analysis for AI in various disciplines.
• Experience in data infrastructure design for AI use and training members in data technologies.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.