Data Scientist - Intelligence Support (TS/SCI)

Xcellent Technology Solutions•Miami, FL

About The Position

This role exists to provide clear, defensible, and timely intelligence by turning geospatial data into understanding for the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. The Data Scientist will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on high-priority missions, focusing on operational, mission-driven work with real-world impact to inform planning, targeting, and execution. The role involves bringing order to massive, fragmented, and imperfect data related to transnational criminal organizations, their evolving routes, methods, and infrastructure, as well as changing coca cultivation and production regions. The Data Scientist will build analytic processes to expose patterns, relationships, and behaviors, and design repeatable, trusted, and scalable workflows. This is a senior, independent role where the individual will lead analytic efforts with minimal direction, applying experience, judgment, and rigor to ensure analytic standards are met, assumptions are clear, and conclusions are defensible, aligned with ICD 203 and ICD 206. Collaboration with NGA and Intelligence Community partners is expected to integrate perspectives and strengthen collective understanding. The role also involves advising government leadership on analytic methodologies, processes, and technologies, mentoring others, and setting standards for quality and relevance.

Requirements

Current active Top Secret / SCI clearance and willingness to obtain CI poly
Master’s degree + 5 years / Bachelor’s degree + 7 years / Associate’s degree + 8 years / 10 + years of relevant experience
Robust proficiency in Python to automate and create solutions that scale, adapt, and withstand mission demands
Strong expertise in building processes around large datasets to support designing repeatable methods that extract real discoveries from complexity
Strong skillset in operational visualization to make discoveries and present them through clear, intuitive visualizations that the team can use immediately in daily operations
Experience with tools such as ArcGIS, Tableau, SPSS, SAS, Excel, or similar to query, aggregate and optimize large datasets

Nice To Haves

Experience with Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI), to understand behavior, patterns, and relationships over time, not just static snapshots. This approach allows analysis to anticipate change rather than simply describe it.

Responsibilities

Turn geospatial data into understanding for decision-making.
Build analytic processes that expose patterns, relationships, and behaviors from large, diverse datasets.
Design workflows that can be repeated, trusted, and scaled.
Lead analytic efforts with minimal direction.
Ensure analytic standards are met, assumptions are clear, and conclusions are defensible aligned with ICD 203 and ICD 206.
Collaborate across NGA and Intelligence Community partners to integrate perspectives and strengthen collective understanding.
Advise government leadership on analytic methodologies, processes, and technologies.
Mentor others and set standards for quality and relevance.