NSA is hiring data miners

[Pat McCotter]

Career Opportunity

Posted 1/18/2007

CTC - Principal Algorithm Developer
Position would be located at the client site outside of Ft. Meade, MD.

The Algorithm Developer will work with massive amounts of inter-related data and develop and implement algorithms to search, sort and find patterns and hidden relationships in the data. The preferred candidate would be required to be able to work closely with Analysts to develop Rapid Operational Prototypes. The candidate would have the availability of existing algorithms as a model to begin.  Implementation of the algorithms in either C++ or Java is required.

The qualified candidate must possess a PhD in Mathematics or similar and 10 plus years experience in Algorithm development. Knowledge of data communications and Social Networking Analysis is a plus. A Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly is required and the individual would be working on-site at Ft. Meade, MD.

Contact: Sharee Gimperling 301-821-4148 or by email.

[eques]

NSA: Hunting for the Terrorist in All of Us

[Dave Ridley]

if any positions like this come up locally one of us should apply in person just for fun,  one of us who they all know lol

[Vote Tyler Stearns]

Technoidiot here...what does this mean?  What are data miners? 

[Minsk]

Technoidiot here...what does this mean?  What are data miners? 

Long story... the general idea is picking out patterns in huge quantities of data. Which, for the NSA, would probably mean trying to find "interesting" people from profiles or communications from intercept data.

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Yeah, by profiles I mean "everything including the serial number of your kitchen sink"
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[maineiac]

Sharee Gimperling?



I'm telling you, they're not human! Aliens, androids, alligators, . . . you pick, but they ain't human!

[Tom Sawyer]

Technoidiot here...what does this mean?  What are data miners? 

Long story... the general idea is picking out patterns in huge quantities of data. Which, for the NSA, would probably mean trying to find "interesting" people from profiles or communications from intercept data.

and credit card records, magazine subscriptions, web references, etc.

[aries]

I would absolutely love that job. Well, I'd love to be qualified at least. Algorithms are my new... whatever the word is for something that you are interested in as a primary interest within a category.

[Pat McCotter]

I would absolutely love that job. Well, I'd love to be qualified at least. Algorithms are my new... whatever the word is for something that you are interested in as a primary interest within a category.

mania
noun

A subject or activity that inspires lively interest: craze, enthusiasm, passion, rage. See concern

An irrational preoccupation: fetish, fixation, obsession. Informal: thing. See concern

Psychiatry. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely: brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance. Psychology: aberration, alienation. See sane

[aries]

I would absolutely love that job. Well, I'd love to be qualified at least. Algorithms are my new... whatever the word is for something that you are interested in as a primary interest within a category.

mania
noun

A subject or activity that inspires lively interest: craze, enthusiasm, passion, rage. See concern

An irrational preoccupation: fetish, fixation, obsession. Informal: thing. See concern

Psychiatry. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely: brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance. Psychology: aberration, alienation. See sane

I wouldn't go that far. Like someone who likes books is currently enjoying exploring a new genre, but hasn't forgotten about the others.