Data Science Intern
The MITRE Corporation
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Period of Work: May-August 2025
Full-Time: 40 hours a week
Location: Bedford MA and McLean, VA
In Office Requirement: 5 days a week onsite
Clearance Requirement: Will be submitted for DHS Suitability Clearance
The Center for Securing the Homeland (CSH) at MITRE supports the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) FFRDC and the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) by providing independent and objective expertise to enhance mission capabilities. CSH collaborates with federal agencies like DHS and NIST to deliver innovative solutions and develop frameworks that strengthen national security and cybersecurity infrastructure.
Job Responsibilities:
+ Collaborate with MITRE mission specialists and engineers supporting sponsors to help design, develop, and implement solutions and technologies to address cyberspace challenges.
+ Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
+ Perform data wrangling, analyze large and diverse datasets and demonstrate expertise with at least one modern programming language such as Python, R, Java or Scala
+ Organize and visually display analytic results for further analysis
+ Contribute to the preparation of comprehensive written reports, presentations, and charts based on research, collection, and analysis of data
Basic Qualifications:
+ Must be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an accredited degree seeking program in Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science or a related engineering degree program and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship
+ Sustained excellence in academic performace
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience having applied data science learning to an internship or research/lab position
+ Experience in a customer-facing environment
+ Demonstrated experience visualizing multi-dimensional data using tools such as Tableau, Qlik, Kibana, neo4j, ggplot2, Plotly, matplotlib, or D3.js.
+ Demonstrated experience with one language such as Python, C++, or Java
+ Excellent communications, writing, and briefing skills
+ Skill in applying and incorporating information technologies into proposed solutions
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Fitness - DHS
Work Location Type:
Onsite
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