Open-Source Data Analyst

The Analytical Solutions Division (ASD) of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., has an exciting opportunity for an Open-Source Data Analyst in Huntsville, AL.

Open-Source Data Analyst will conduct data-driven strategies to shape the future of our business facing products across measurement and optimization.

By applying your data science and analytical skills, you will help identify and solve the customer’s biggest challenges.

You'll find and work with available web, social media, open source, and publicly available content.

This content includes Commercially Available Information (CAI), Publicly Available Information (PAI), Commercial Telemetry Data (CTD) and Advertising Technology (AdTech).  Open-Source Data Analyst will analyze and process large collection-related datasets according to organizational priorities.

You’ll work closely with DoD and warfighters to understand their questions and requirements and then dig into the publicly available data-rich environment to find the pieces of their information puzzle.

The successful candidate will be intimately familiar with the ubiquitous technical surveillance (UTS) environment as well as how to explore, defend against and exploit it.

You’ll explore new data sources, create effective queries, and combine information from diverse sources to support the mission.

You’ll need the ability to think quickly, adapt to various environments, work, and communicate effectively with various teams, management, external/internal customers.

Open-Source Data Analyst Must Haves:


* Must be a U.S.

Citizen


* Must have an Active DoD Secret Clearance with ability to upgrade to TS


* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related technical field and 2+ years relevant work experience.

Degree waived with 8+ years’ experience in Data Science, Data Mining, Penetration Testing, or equivalent


* Experience in Data Science, Data Mining, Penetration Testing, Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS) or equivalent


* Experience with link analysis, including developing collection plans and risk assessments


* Knowledge of internet-based research, including Boolean logic, search engines, and database resources 


* Knowledge of internet sources, including social media, social networking tools, data exploitation, and commercial- and industry-based databases


* Industry experience with data science, analytics, machine learning, algorithm analysis, and data clustering


* Ability to brief senior leaders with technical aptitude


* Ability to provide rapid intelligence responses


* Ability to write technical products


* Experience with visual analytic tools like Microsoft Pivot, Maltego, Palantir, or Visual Analytics


* Experience with entity extraction and conceptual search technologies such as LSI, LDA, etc.


* Strong knowledge and experience with data querying and aggregation


* Strong analytical skil...