Data Scientist - AI focused (2026-0126)

About the role

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading cyber operations, intelligence solutions and operations, network infrastructure, engineering and business enablement and enterprise operations company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow. We are currently recruiting for a Data Scientist with a TS/SCI w/ poly to work in support of our Engineering Services and Solutions Division in Annapolis Junction, MD. This position is on one of our key prime contracts.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop AI models, analyze algorithms and protocols, build, test and refine solutions for reliability and relevance, and tune input and model parameters.
• Develop machine learning, data mining, statistical and graph-based algorithms to analyze and make sense of datasets.
• Prototype or consider several algorithms and decide upon final model based on suitable performance metrics.
• Build models or develop experiments to generate data when training or example datasets are unavailable.
• Generate reports and visualizations that summarize datasets and provide data‑driven insights to customers.
• Partner with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics.
• Implement prototype algorithms within production frameworks for integration into analyst workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, or computer science).
• At least five years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics.
• At least five years of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• Alternatively, an additional two years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can be substituted for a Master's Degree.
• A PhD from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline can be substituted for three years of experience.

Skills

• R
• Python
• SAS
• MATLAB

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Wellness
• Financial
• Retirement
• Family support
• Continuing education
• Time off

Pay

The target salary for this position is $240,000.00.