Software Engineer Data Scientist

$81,250 - $146,875/Yr

Leidos - Columbia, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Columbia, MD

251-500 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Are you ready for a rewarding career opportunity? Unleash your potential at Leidos, where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer's success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. With Leidos, you're joining a Fortune 500 company and one of Ethisphere Institute's "World's Most Ethical Companies," bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and health industries. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! The Cyber Analytics SIGINT Solutions Division at Leidos currently has an opening for a Software Engineer with a focus on Data Science and Machine Learning in Columbia, MD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software solutions with a focus on data science and machine learning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement data pipelines and machine learning models.
• Utilize containerization and virtualization technologies to deploy applications in cloud environments.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Ensure software quality through code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Contribute to the operational application of AI/ML in various projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field (Computer Science or Computer Engineering Preferred).
• 4+ years of experience with Linux and software development.
• Development experience with one or more relevant programming languages (e.g., C, C++, Java, Python, Golang or Rust).
• Experience with Machine Learning toolsets and development with one or more of the following (Tensor Flow, PyTorch, LLMs, scikit-learn, pandas or similar).
• Experience with ETLT pipelines and toolsets (e.g. Kafka, Pulsar, ActiveMQ or similar).
• Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and Virtualization (KVM, ESXi) and Cloud technologies (AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with fundamental networking implementations and concepts.
• Eligible for Top Secret Security Clearance with Polygraph.

Nice-to-haves

• Enthusiasm and an interest in contributing to projects that are important to operational programs.
• Extensive experience with Linux and software development.
• Development experience with low level or embedded programming (C, C++).
• Operational application of AI/ML.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g. PyG, Neo4j).
• Experience with Accumulo/HDFS.
• Experience with Spark.
• Experience with network design, protocol analysis & troubleshooting tools and techniques.
• Experience in networking and protocol-oriented programming and algorithms.
• A strong interest in figuring out how things work and understanding them at a fundamental level.