Mid-Level Data Processing Analyst

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

The Cyber Analytic Computer Scientist Level 2 (CaCS2) serves as a key technical contributor supporting complex cyber data analysis, pipeline development, and workflow processing. In this role, you will design, build, and optimize specialized analytics and data manipulation scripts to extract actionable insights from large-scale data streams. Working closely with mission analysts, software developers, and system architects, the CaCS2 translates operational requirements into technical capabilities by leveraging distributed data processing languages (Pig) and scripting frameworks (Python) alongside specialized customer data architectures.

The annual base salary range for this role is $125,000-$158,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

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Required Skills

Analytic & Pipeline Development: Construct, refine, and deploy custom cyber analytics and data processing scripts using Python and Apache Pig to query and evaluate large, multi-source datasets.

Domain Integration: Leverage deep operational understanding of STARPROC, ASDF, and XKS frameworks to optimize data enrichment, ingest pathways, and automated targeting/triage workflows.

Data Transformation & Extraction: Design efficient data transformation logic to extract key telemetry, metadata, and intelligence indicators from complex, unstructured, or semi-structured data formats.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with mission partners, capability leads, and engineering teams to refine analytic requirements, troubleshoot processing bottlenecks, and streamline intelligence output.

Documentation & Technical Sharing: Maintain thorough documentation of analytic logic, processing pipelines, standard operating procedures, and repository code bases to support cross-team integration and auditing.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 5+ years of professional software engineering experience OR Associate's Degree in a related technical field PLUS 7+ years of hands-on technical software development experience in lieu of a degree.

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Desired Skills

Experience with distributed computing frameworks and big data architectures (e.g., Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark).

Familiarity with additional scripting or query languages used in cyber processing pipelines.

Understanding of modern software development life cycle practices, version control (Git), and agile team workflows.

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About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.