Expert Data Scientist - Fort Gordon, Georgia (APOGEE)

About the role

The primary place of performance will be Fort Gordon, Georgia. Anticipated Award Month: July 2026. Anticipated Start Month: July 2026. Period of Performance: 1 Base + 4 Option Years. Location: Fort Gordon, Georgia. CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI (within the last 5 years).

Responsibilities

• Conducts data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions.
• Proactively retrieves information from various sources, analyzes it for better understanding about the data set, and builds AI tools that automate certain processes.
• Duties typically include: creating various ML-based tools or processes, such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems.
• Performs statistical analysis, applies data mining techniques, and builds high quality prediction systems.
• Should be skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau; major data science languages, such as R and Python; managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL; statistical analysis; and data mining algorithms.
• Should have prior experience with large data Multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience Required qualifications/skills: MA or MS from an accredited institution of higher learning in a STEM-related discipline AND 5 years of relevant experience; OR BA/BS degree in a STEM-related discipline AND 10 years of relevant experience.
• Desired Qualifications/Skills: Experience working with IT, business, or operational metrics platforms (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, Confluence, etc.). Certification in AWS (AI/ML specialty). Knowledge of the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) production chain. Experience working within a DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) operational environment and with DoD/IC geospatial data repositories. Familiarity with Army, DoD or IC GEOINT or Geospatial processes, policy and programs. Experience with Microsoft Office tools to deliver reports, graphics and briefings.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.