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Global Science & Technology, Inc (GST), a growing scientific and high technology company, is seeking a Statistical Methods and Water Quality Remote Sensing Analyst to support NOAA.

This position is located in College Park, but is temporarily approved for telework due to Covid-19. A hybrid model of onsite and telework each week will likely be put in place in the coming months.

Position Summary:

The technical staff member will focus on mathematical/statistical (including old and modern tools covered under the general rubric of machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning etc.) projects to derive water quality metrics for coastal and inland waters using remotely sensed data.

Primary Duties:

Prospective staff will enable the generation of water quality products associated with Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), hypoxia, chlorophyll, nutrients, sediments, habitat mapping (e.g., wetlands, submerged aquatic vegetation) using a variety of mathematical/statistical tools (e.g., GAMs, density networks, adversarial networks, generative additive models, supervised learning and unsupervised learning etc.). The staff member will focus on the scientific development and use of products from non-NOAA (e.g., OLCI) and NOAA sources (e.g., JPSS). The new hire will support extensive efforts to broaden the suite of available (operational) water quality related ocean remote sensing products, including merged, blended, integrated and other derived satellite products and analyses, delayed mode science quality products, and consistent long-term multi-mission time-series. This work is collaborative in nature.

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

+ Ph.D degree in a physical science (including Remote Sensing, Physics, or Engineering) or M.S. + 4 years of work experience.

+ Programming experience in languages like Python, Java, C+

+ + Mathematical statistics and ability to understand AI/ML techniques

Selected applicants will be subject to a government background investigation.

GST offers competitive salaries; vacation, sick, and holiday leave; major medical, dental, life, long-term and short-term disability insurance; 401K retirement plan; tuition assistance; and opportunities for employee career growth and development.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veterans' status, sexual orientation and gender identity. GST is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

USD69,000-USD70,000

Reporting directly into the US Finance Manager, who is also based remotely in the US, the Sugar & Sweeteners Analyst is part of a Commodity Insights Team. Ideally, you will come from an established Price Reporting Agency (PRA) or a sugar and/or sweeteners company and be experienced in working with price assessment methodologies, commodity specifications and IOSCO-compliant price reporting processes. You will need to be highly numerate with excellent analytical and communication skills and enjoy interaction with traders, producers and manufacturers in the agricultural and soft commodity value chain. The Commodity Pricing Analyst will be working closely with other members of the global Commodity Insight Team.

Main duties and responsibilities will include the following:

+ Growing the coverage into the sugar and sweeteners markets.

+ Increase the number of price assessments and reports published in the sugar and sweeteners sector.

+ Build and grow the number of industry contacts in the sugar and sweeteners sector that submit pricing data, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings and networking.

+ Develop in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals, supply chain and key participants for the sugar and sweeteners commodity markets.

+ Collect transnational pricing data, bids, offers, tenders and any other information that will be relevant to assess the benchmark prices line with robust methodology, price specifications and IOSCO-compliant principles.

+ Follow procedures to continue to build and maintain proprietary data.

+ Write regular pricing rationales, reports and analytical pieces.

+ Handle questions from contacts and the market about the dynamics of particular pricing, seeking guidance from your manager when inquiries are sensitive, to make our processes and judgment transparent to the market.

_MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants._

In return for a competitive remuneration package, the successful candidate will possess the following:

+ Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering or in a similar numeric field would be beneficial

+ Experience of working in commodities, preferably in the sugar and/or sweeteners industry.

+ A strong understanding of what impacts physical commodity prices, with experience in fundamentals analysis and report-writing, as well as a knowledge of incoterms, trade flows and value chains.

+ Highly numerate with a keen eye for detail; very comfortable using MS Excel as well as performing various types of data analysis.

+ Experience of working independently, with a self-starter attitude that is well-served in growing and maintaining a network of industry contacts for market knowledge and price collection.

My client is a global information, data and analytics business headquartered in Europe. They have a small hub in Boston, MA but this role can be based anywhere along the East Coast. The are working with Michael Page exclusively to fill this position.

+ Base salary of $ 70,000

+ Performance related annual bonus scheme (10%)

+ Competitive PTO

+ Excellent benefits

+ 100% REMOTE WORK

XOR Security is currently seeking a Mid level SOC Analyst to support a managed virtual SOC for various customers. The program provides comprehensive Computer Network Defense and Response support through 24×7×365 monitoring and analysis of potential threat activity targeting the enterprise. VSOC Analysts will conduct security event monitoring, advanced analytics and response activities in support of the CND operational mission for multiple entities. To support this vital mission, XOR staff are on the forefront of providing Advanced CND Operations to include the development of advanced analytics and countermeasures to protect critical assets from various cyber threats. To ensure the integrity, security and resiliency of critical operations, we are seeking candidates with diverse backgrounds in cyber security systems operations, analysis and incident response. A strong work ethic, diligent time and attendance, written and verbal communications skills are a must along with the ability to work night shifts. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cyber threats and information security in the domains of TTP's, Threat Actors, Campaigns, and Observables. Additionally, the ideal candidate would be familiar with intrusion detection systems, intrusion analysis, security information event management platforms, endpoint threat detection tools, and security operations ticket management. While the position is primarily remote, candidates that live within the Washington DC Metro region are strongly preferred as the operation in Falls Church, VA or customer site visits may be required.

Shifts:

Monday - Friday - Regular Business Hours

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in network defense environments.
• Bachelors Degree
• Strong analytical and technical skills in computer network defense operations, ability to lead efforts in Incident Handling (Detection, Analysis, Triage), Hunting (anomalous pattern detection and content management) and Malware Analysis.
• Prior experience and ability to with analyzing information technology security events to discern events that qualify as a legitimate security incidents as opposed to non-incidents. This includes security event triage, incident investigation, implementing countermeasures, and conducting incident response.
• Previous hands-on experience with a Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) platforms and/or log management systems that perform log collection, analysis, correlation, and alerting is required (preferably within Splunk).

• Ability to develop rules, filters, views, signatures, countermeasures and operationally relevant applications and scripts to support analysis and detection efforts.
• Strong logical/critical thinking abilities, especially analyzing security events from host and network event sources e.g. windows event logs, AV, EDR, network traffic, IDS events for malicious intent).
• Strong proficiency Report writing - a technical writing sample and technical editing test will be required if the candidate has no prior published intelligence analysis reporting, excellent verbal and written communications skills and ability produce clear and thorough security incident reports and briefings.
• Excellent organizational and attention to details in tracking activities within various Security Operation workflows.
• A working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks, a conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also required, and a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.).
• Experience with the identification and implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment.
• Ability to support coverage requirements for various shifts during holidays and weekends when required.

Desired Qualifications:

• One or more certifications for CND Analysts: GCIA, GCED, GCFA, GCFE, GCTI, GNFA, GCIH, ECSA, CHFI, CISSP, Security+, Network+, CEH, CND.
• An understanding in researching Emerging Threats and recommending monitoring content within security tools.
• Experience with one or more of the following technologies, such as: Splunk (including Core and ES), ArcSight, Elastic Search, IBM QRadar, Cisco FirePower, Carbon Black, FireEye (HX, NX, EX), Crowdstrike Falcon, Tanium.

Closing Statement:

XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits.

XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V.

Citizenship Clearance Requirement
Applicants selected may be subject to one or more government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED.