Data Scientist

General Dynamics Information Technology • Hurlburt Field, NC

3d • $72,877 - $98,599 • Onsite

About The Position

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important. GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being rusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can’t turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Data Scientist joining our team to support customer activities. The Data Scientist applies statistical analysis, data mining, and machine learning to human performance, behavioral health, and readiness data to produce actionable insights, forecasts, and decision-support products for the POTFF enterprise. The Data Scientist frames analytical questions with Government stakeholders, prepares and explores data, selects and applies appropriate methods, validates results, and communicates findings to technical and non-technical audiences through reports, briefings, and visual analytics built on the Government-furnished technology stack.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline, including but not limited to statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, applied mathematics, data science, operations research, computer science, engineering, physics, economics or econometrics, epidemiology, geospatial science or geoinformatics, or psychology or another behavioral science with a quantitative-methods concentration, with documented coursework or professional application in statistics, programming, and quantitative analysis.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience applying data science or statistical methods to real-world problems. A Bachelor’s degree program that included documented internship, cooperative-education, capstone, thesis, or project work applying data science methods to real-world data satisfies this requirement.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python or R for data analysis, statistical modeling, and machine learning, and in SQL for querying relational data, demonstrated through professional work experience or degree-program projects.
• Working knowledge of applied statistics and of supervised and unsupervised machine-learning methods.
• Ability to prepare and clean data for analysis, including familiarity with data engineering concepts (ETL/ELT, data modeling basics, reproducible workflows, and version control with Git).
• Experience producing visual analytics and reports for decision-makers (Power BI preferred).
• Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders and translate mission needs into analytical questions and outputs.
• Top Secret clearance required.
• US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Databricks and Apache Spark (PySpark) or a comparable distributed processing system.
• Familiarity with NLP and LLM use cases, including text preparation, evaluation datasets, and governance considerations.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps and Power Automate) and with Palantir Foundry.
• Experience with web application development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Django, or ASP.NET Core) or with deploying analytics into applications. Software engineering or web-development experience is not required.
• Experience with human performance, sports science, health, clinical, or biomedical data.
• Ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Query, clean, transform, and prepare data from the Government-designated Human Performance System of Record (e.g., HPDMS) and other Government-approved sources for analysis, using the curated datasets maintained by the Data Engineer where available.
• Develop, validate, and document predictive and prescriptive models, forecasting methods, clustering, and other advanced statistical techniques to generate actionable forecasts regarding operator readiness, injury risk, program efficacy, and performance optimization, as directed by the Government.
• Support text-heavy use cases using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques (e.g., cleaning, entity extraction, classification) to analyze unstructured clinical or survey data and apply Large Language Model (LLM) and agent-style workflows only within Government-approved tools and datasets.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain visual analytics, dashboards, and executive reports using Government-furnished tools (e.g., Power BI, including semantic modeling and DAX), and integrate data products into low-code operational workflows (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform) where directed.
• Support Government-designed analyses and experiments that measure the validity, efficacy, and Return on Investment (ROI) of POTFF interventions, including computation of program-efficacy metrics as directed by the Government.
• Automate recurring analyses and the generation of required monthly and quarterly reports, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy.
• Document data sources, transformations, assumptions, methods, and validation procedures so that analyses are reproducible and can be transferred to other personnel.
• Communicate complex concepts, methods, and results clearly to non-technical command leadership and to clinical and performance staff, in writing and in briefings.
• Collaborate with embedded clinical and performance staff to identify opportunities for capturing data and improving the quality of input into Government systems.
• Maintain rigorous data quality, security, and privacy controls, including DoW Impact Level 5 (IL5), HIPAA, and Privacy Act protocols, in all analytic work.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level