Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and communities. As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers 215 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to 31,000 students and manages a research portfolio of $450 million. The university fulfills its land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia.

Motivated Research Data Analyst Applicants Are Sought To Begin Their Careers In a Beginning Research Position Supporting Rapid Growth In VTNSI’s Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) Which Conducts Research To Address Critical Areas Of National Security In

• Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity and complex systems engineering
• Complex system validation and test and evaluation (T&E)

ISD brings together researchers from computer science, statistics, data science, machine learning, networks, signals processing, systems engineering, human factors, and other fields to develop interdisciplinary solutions to cutting-edge technological challenges. Applicants should have hands-on experience with tools germane to their research area.

Responsibilities Include

• Supporting research projects through the utilization of Linux, Git, algorithm design and analysis, data structures, programming languages (Python, C/C++, Java, Matlab), graphs, machine learning, networks, operating systems, databases, cryptography, access control and authentication, software testing, software or systems security, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and/or penetration testing.

The successful applicant will work as part of team-based research efforts, support the development of research proposals, and develop skills to assist in the documentation and presentation of research results to sponsors and academic communities.

Required Qualifications

• US citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• An earned Master's or Bachelor's degree in computer science, computational modeling and data analytics, data science, applied mathematics, or related discipline or related programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team in executing research projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active security clearance.
• Interest and/or experience working effectively with a diverse interdisciplinary team.
• Experience working in an academic environment.
• Experience executing on research and/or development programs supporting the federal government.