Senior Data Scientist

About the role

The Senior Data Scientist will provide technical leadership and advanced analytics expertise in support of mission-critical national security programs. This role supports customers operating in classified environments and requires close collaboration with subject matter experts, designers, engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical contributor and analytic lead on complex, high-impact national security programs
• Partner with government customers and subject matter experts to define mission problems and analytic objectives
• Translate ambiguous operational challenges into actionable data science requirements and solution designs
• Design, develop, and deploy advanced analytics, statistical models, and machine learning solutions
• Apply advanced data science techniques including exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, predictive modeling, hypothesis testing, and algorithm development
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from diverse sources across classified environments
• Communicate analytic findings, insights, and recommendations to senior technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support deployment, monitoring, and ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) of analytic solutions
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists and contribute to analytic standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks
• Maintain awareness of emerging data science, AI, and big-data technologies relevant to national security missions

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field with 15+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 18+ years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience applying data science and advanced analytics to complex, mission-focused problems
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or R, including advanced data science and machine learning libraries
• Strong experience working with large, complex datasets from multiple sources
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts and influence analytic direction on large or complex programs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including briefing senior leaders
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Qualifications

• Experience supporting intelligence community, Department of Defense, or other national security customers
• Experience operating in classified computing environments
• Expertise in one or more advanced domains such as machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, graph analytics, or predictive modeling
• Experience with cloud-based or enterprise analytics platforms
• Demonstrated experience mentoring technical staff or serving as a technical lead
• Demonstrated experience providing instruction, instructional design, or curriculum development

Skills

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience with machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, graph analytics, or predictive modeling
• Expertise in cloud-based or enterprise analytics platforms
• Experience with emerging data science, AI, and big-data technologies relevant to national security missions
• Experience providing instruction, instructional design, or curriculum development

Benefits

Pay Range: $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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