Data Science Lead with Security Clearance

Description

Oversee the development, deployment, and evaluation of predictive and prescriptive analytics to ensure alignment with mission objectives and operational needs.
Establish a structured framework to distinguish data science and data engineering tasks, ensuring the effective allocation of resources and seamless collaboration between teams.
Submit the Predictive Analytics Strategy & Implementation Report, detailing model development progress, algorithm validation, and mission integration.
Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
Fund usage-based compute and storage costs through inter-task chargeback arrangements, as approved by the Government PM.

Job Requirements

• Possess the knowledge and capability to lead the development of predictive and prescriptive analytics, ensuring alignment with mission objectives and the integration of AI/ML driven insights.
• Personnel must be proficient in advanced machine learning techniques, statistical modeling, and data science methodologies, with expertise in feature engineering, model validation, and data provenance tracking.
• Personnel must have experience implementing Agile methodologies, managing analytic sprints, and overseeing collaboration between data science and data engineering teams.
• Strong leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement skills are required to drive mission-focused analytic innovation.
• Personnel must have demonstrated experience in developing, deploying, and managing enterprise-level predictive analytics solutions, ensuring governance compliance, and implementing AI/ML models at scale.
• Experience in mission-focused analytics, data driven decision support, and integration of statistical and machine learning techniques is required.
• Personnel must have experience overseeing sprint-based Agile development cycles and working within cloud-based data science environments such as AWS, Azure, or Databricks.

Education

A Master's degree in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field, or eleven (11) years of equivalent experience in leading AI/ML-driven analytics programs.

Security Clearance

Active TS/SCI clearance.

Location

Doral, Florida. (USSOUTHCOM Headquarters)