Data Scientist, Senior

Data Scientist, Senior The Opportunity: As an analytics professional, you're excited at the prospect of unlocking the secrets held by a data set, and you're fascinated by the possibilities presented by IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. If you care about moving a mission forward as much as advancing the field of data science, this is the opportunity for you. Your deep analytics and machine learning expertise and consulting mindset, coupled with an original approach to your work, will help clients and stakeholders make sense of their data and encourage actionable results. We're looking for someone like you to lead complex data exploration and analytics projects through your experience with Python and AI/ML for the Department of Defense. As an advanced data scientist on our Navy team, you'll learn and apply innovative data analytic methodologies to make a real-world impact on the development of decision support tools. You'll grow your skills in data science, AI, and bibliometrics. You'll shape the future of analytics through innovative portfolio analysis and decision support tooling in DoD environments. We'll keep you sharp and moving forward in your career, with access to online courses, communities of practice, and opportunities to publish or present at conferences. Whether you're using AI to improve government efficiency or support the development of defense capabilities, you'll guide a team that serves critical missions from end to end. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: • 5+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining • 5+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis and analyzing structured and unstructured data sources • Experience developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, object-oriented programming, and visualization of targeted data sources • Experience clustering and topic modeling, automated query generation, implementation of Generative AI and Large Language Models, natural language processing of unstructured data, entity disambiguation, network analysis, bibliometric and citation analysis, econometric analysis, relationship extraction, or Science and Technology forecasting • Experience in data science tool development, ETL data pipeline development, and Python • Experience devising and managing AI, ML, and GenAI based projects aligned to business needs • Ability to cross-validate models to ensure their generalizability • Secret clearance • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, or Statistics • CompTIA Security+ CE, Unix +, or AWS Solutions Architect Certification Nice If You Have: • Experience in the development of algorithms leveraging R, Python, SQL, or NoSQL • Experience with distributed data and computing tools, including MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL • Experience with visualization packages, including Plotly, Seaborn, or ggplot2 • Experience coordinating a workstream and managing tasks • Experience in data science with a focus on Science and Technology programs Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility