Databricks Engineer - Security Clearance Required - (Remote Role)

ICF International seeks an experienced Databricks Engineer with cyber security experience to support the research and development of new cyber analytic capabilities that will help the US protect and defend its networks and critical information systems. The successful cleared candidate will act as a Databricks Engineer to support a large federal cyber security analytic program.  Your work will contribute to the knowledge of how cyber-attacks work, how vulnerabilities are exploited, and the way hostile cyber actors operate.  Utilize your skills to help experiment and prototype future cyber capabilities for implementation at large-scale.

As the Databricks Engineer, you will work with our customers, program subject matter experts, and researchers to evolve, automate, and enhance cybersecurity capabilities.  Additionally, you will provide support to a variety of teams and apply data engineering and visualization expertise (most often in the form of dashboards) to their raw data or analytic results. This is an opportunity to contribute to an important project from its beginning, work with the latest and emerging technologies, and all while building a great career at ICF!

This role is primarily telework-based with occasional meetings at client locations (Arlington, VA or Pensacola, FL) or ICF facilities within the Washington, DC metro area.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Perform knowledge elicitation from customer subject matter experts and convert that to build analytic solutions 
• Design, engineer, and optimize sustainment of large-scale distributed computation platforms and supporting environment (ecosystems) for various stakeholders, business owners, and industry partners
• Oversee the transition of services from third-party vendors to the analytic environment and be responsible for ad hoc and formal end-user training
• Identify applicable data to perform analytics and create solutions to acquire, transform, and load or correlate data components to and from the analytic environment
• Develop custom data modeling procedures to assist with data mining, modeling, and production
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques 
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy 
• Interpret and communicate results to non-technical customers 

What You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field 
• Position requires a minimum of 1 year of demonstrated hands-on experience with the Databricks Intelligence Platform
• A minimum of 4 years related experience in developing analytic tools, processes, and governance for storing, modeling, capturing, and delivering data to the client’s enterprise
• Knowledge of the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) and DevSecOps is required.
• Hands on experience in data modeling and working with datasets of all sizes using a variety of data mining and data analysis methods/tools 
• Active Security clearance required as part of client contract requirements 
• Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship required as part of client contract requirements 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Practical working experience and advanced knowledge of cyber threats, tools, techniques, and processes
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various clients in order to explain and elaborate on technical details
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience within some or all of these capability areas: Intrusion Detection, Analytics, Information Sharing, Intrusion Prevention, Core Infrastructure
• Experience with additional Business Intelligence tools and other visualization software
• Fluency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, R, etc.) 
• Experience with database querying like SQL 
• Experience producing visual analytics and dashboards for a variety of user roles
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems security
• Knowledge of computer programming and scripting languages
• Practical experience with the Databricks Intelligence Platform
• CompTIA Security+ or higher certification level preferred

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$89,203.00 - $151,646.00Virginia Client Office (VA88)