Data Scientist

Contract duration : 1 year

Location : Salisbury

Pay rate : £485-£535PD

Position : Data Scientist

Clearance : SC clearance

IR35 : Inside

Description:

As the Data Science Support lead your key tasks will be:

- Develop and implement a plan to support the skills development of data analytics and cyber analytics in the project team.
- Contribute to the development of analytics tools in sprints focused on Military data communications.
- Provide advice to the experimentation lead on the data architecture required to collect and analyse data during analytic sprints.
- Build and maintain suitable analytics virtual machines or deployable servers for the project team to use in analytics sprints and Exercises.
To achieve these key tasks you will also need to:
- Develop RMADS where appropriate and gain approval from network accreditors,
- Work with safety and security constraints,
- Procure equipment through approved channels,
- Co-ordinate with the project team to deliver analytics sprints.
Other tasks may include:
- Technical validation of analytics demonstrators.
- Maintenance of technical assets registers of project software.
- Support and assurance of industry supplied research.

Essential:

• Experience in training or mentoring staff in the principles of data science
• Knowledge or Experience of coding in (one or more): Python, C, Matlab, IDL
• Knowledge and experience of applying analytical and scientific process to data problems
• Knowledge of network architecture fundamentals (OSI layers, knowledge of routers & switches, network structures (linear/ring), IP versions (IP4, IP6), domain name system services).
• Experience/Knowledge of network software protocols (TCP/UDP ports, packet structures)
• Experience with building cloud/virtual computing platforms (OpenStack)
Desirable skills:
• Experience in analysing cyber data formats with different detail levels (full packet capture, Netflow)
• Experience of applying and using data from network security monitoring tools (Wireshark, Bro/Zeek, Snort)
• Experience/knowledge of malicious host/network techniques and Techniques, Tools and Procedures to undertake malicious activity
• Experience/knowledge of defensive host/network techniques and Techniques, Tools and Procedures to apply defensive activity
• Experience of Military communication systems RF communications
• Data science of RF data for anomaly detection
• Visualisation of data, development of analytics, packaging and deploying software
• Experience in host log systems on Windows and Linux (Sysmon, logcheck, and central log collection)
• Experience in network sensor placement
• Experience with host/network intrusion detection systems (Snort, OSSEC)