Data Scientist - Senior

Amentum•Washington, DC

4d•$140,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

DIA's analysts are swimming in more data than any human can read. Your job is to make that data work for them. As a Data Scientist supporting the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, you'll build the tools, models, and pipelines that turn massive, messy, multi-INT data into insight, from recommendation engines and automated lead scoring to predictive models that help analysts see around corners. At the senior level, you'll do this work at its highest degree of difficulty, and you'll multiply your impact by leading and mentoring the team around you. This position is contingent upon award of contract, business needs, security clearance verification, and funding availability.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance
12+ years of relevant data science experience, with recent experience within the last 2 years
Master's degree desired in data science, computer science, statistics, or a related field
Prior experience with large-data multi-INT analytics, machine learning, and automated predictive analytics
Demonstrated technical leadership of data science teams or efforts
Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Master's degree desired in data science, computer science, statistics, or a related field
12+ years of relevant data science experience, with recent experience within the last 2 years

Nice To Haves

DIA or Defense Intelligence Enterprise experience
Program transition support experience
Advanced certifications or published work in ML or applied statistics

Responsibilities

Lead data science efforts from problem framing through deployed capability, setting technical direction for mid-level data scientists
Architect approaches for large-data multi-INT analytics, machine learning, and automated predictive analytics across the enterprise
Advise government customers on managing data within hardware, software, storage, and bandwidth constraints
Review models, code, and analytic products for statistical soundness before they reach decision makers
Mentor the team and evangelize best practices in reproducible, rigorous data science
Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.