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# AI / ML Senior Data Scientist

- **Company:** Peraton Inc
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $282,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cluster Analysis, R (Programming Language), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, High Performance Computing, Semi-structured Data, Complex Event Processing, Cyber Warfare
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nexxt.com/job.asp?id=3421951106&tx=JT989TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. Will consider Associates degree and 14 years of experience or HS and 16 years of experience.
 * Advanced proficiency in Python, R, SQL
 * Experience with machine learning model development and deployment; e
xperience with machine learning, algorithm analysis, and data clustering.

 * Strong statistical analysis and hypothesis testing skills
 * Experience with data visualization and reporting
 * Requires strong technical and computational skills - engineering, physics, mathematics, coupled with the ability to code design, develop, and deploy sophisticated applications using advanced unstructured and semi-structured data analysis techniques and utilizing high-performance computing environments
 * U.S Citizenship required
 * DoD TS Clearance with ability to obtain/maintain SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

 * AWS/Azure certifications
 * Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
 * Knowledge of cyber defense operations
 * DoD TS SCI Clearance

## Description

Peraton seeks an AI / ML Senior Data Scientist to support

Department of War Cyber Defense Command (

DCDC) with defensive cyberspace operations and AI support. Location: Fort Meade, MD. In this role, you will perform advanced statistical analysis, develop machine learning (ML) models, and conduct operational research to support cyber defense decision-making and threat characterization.

Primary Responsibilities include:

 * Develop and validate predictive and prescriptive analytic models
 * Apply statistical and ML techniques for anomaly detection and event correlation
 * Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify operational trends
 * Collaborate with mission partners to translate requirements into analytic solutions
 * Document analytic workflows and methodologies for knowledge transfer
 * Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance
 * Analyze unstructured and semi-structured data, including latent semantic indexing (LSI), entity identification and tagging, complex event processing (CEP), and the application of analysis algorithms on distributed, clustered, and cloud-based high-performance infrastructures.