Associate Data Scientist

Thomson Reuters•McLean, VA

2d•$94,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for a Data Scientist to support our Federal Law Enforcement customers. TRSS Data Scientists serve several Federal Law Enforcement agencies by collecting, integrating, resolving, analyzing, modeling, and explaining large data in support of complex investigations. Success in this role requires strong technical depth, the initiative to operate with minimal direction, creativity to develop novel solutions, and a mission-focused mindset. TRSS Data Scientists support the full range of Federal Law Enforcement missions including, but not limited to: Emerging Threat Detection, Money Laundering, Fraud, Force Protection, Human Rights Crimes, Transnational Crime, and more. Outside of contract work, TRSS Data Scientists contribute to internal innovation by participating in research and development (R&D), developing and maintaining shared capabilities, strengthening technical skills, and supporting business development efforts such as proof-of-concept projects and capabilities briefings. This opportunity is specifically for positions located on US Government customer sites in the Washington, DC area. This is not a telework position. We recruit from a broad range of disciplines and experience. If you are passionate about the chance to put your Data Science skills to practice in support of Federal Law Enforcement, then we are looking for you!

Requirements

United States Citizenship (essential to comply with government contract requirements).
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance or agency work suitability determination, as required by assignment.
Willingness to work full time, on-site, embedded at US Government offices in the Washington, DC area.
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a technical field (e.g., data science, statistics, computer science, mathematics, physical/biological sciences, or geographic information systems (GIS), etc.).
At least 3 years of relevant experience.
Practical experience writing, editing, customizing, and executing code written in Python.
SQL proficiency.
Ability to handle sensitive, confidential, or regulated data in accordance with applicable policies and requirements.
Ability to interface directly with customers at all levels and be a representative of TRSS.
Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
Ability to interpret customer requests and/or problem statements into clear project plans, develop project goals and methods, and to deliver actionable results within required timeframes.

Nice To Haves

Current/Active government work suitability or security clearance.
Experience working with law enforcement agencies.
Programming skills in multiple languages other than Python (Python is a minimum requirement) including R, Java, or SQL.
Experience with software development, including managing collaborative codebases, version control, linting/testing, containerization, and interacting with REST APIs.

Responsibilities

Collecting, integrating, resolving, analyzing, modeling, and explaining large data in support of complex investigations.
Supporting the full range of Federal Law Enforcement missions including Emerging Threat Detection, Money Laundering, Fraud, Force Protection, Human Rights Crimes, Transnational Crime, and more.
Participating in research and development (R&D), developing and maintaining shared capabilities, strengthening technical skills, and supporting business development efforts such as proof-of-concept projects and capabilities briefings.
Querying, extracting, cleaning, verifying, resolving, and maintaining data.
Performing statistical methods, graph networks, anomaly detection, spatial analysis, pattern-of-life, and sentiment analysis.
Applying risk modeling, community detection, classification, computer vision, and general application of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Explaining insights and methodology to a non-technical audience, creating dashboards, plots & visualizations, and direct experience with customers.
Writing, editing, customizing, and executing code written in Python.
Using SQL for data extraction, pipelining, or exploration.
Handling sensitive, confidential, or regulated data in accordance with applicable policies and requirements.
Interfacing directly with customers at all levels and representing TRSS.
Working both independently and as a member of a team, which may include other Data Scientists or be cross-disciplinary and include Subject Matter Expert Analysts and/or Data Engineers.
Interpreting customer requests and/or problem statements into clear project plans, developing project goals and methods, and delivering actionable results within required timeframes.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role).
Flex My Way policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities.
Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach for career development.
Flexible vacation.
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off.
Access to the Headspace app.
Retirement savings.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee incentive programs.
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Two paid volunteer days off annually.
Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs.
Competitive 401k plan with company match.
Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off.
Paid holidays (including two company mental health days off).
Parental leave.
Sabbatical leave.
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee.
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee.
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
Fitness reimbursement.
Access to Employee Assistance Program.
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee.
Access to 529 Plan.
Commuter benefits.
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance.
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.