Senior Data Scientist

SAIC • IL

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Senior Data Scientist located at Rock Island Arsenal, IL to support our Operational Data Team utilizing the Army Vantage Data Analytics System to build/implement models, use/create algorithms, and create/run simulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree fourteen (14)+ years of relevant experience; additional four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree
• Relational database expertise in database storage, SQL queries, and primary/foreign keys
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C/C++, Java, and/or JavaScript
• Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge of providing data analytics solutions
• Hands-on experience creating algorithms and engineering tools for data processing and modeling and simulation
• Practical understanding in machine learning deployment with a focus on optimization, including theoretical and numerical methods for refinement of models
• Capability to distill complex problems into digestible structures/formats

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor more junior data scientists in support of a larger data science roadmap
• Conduct analysis of mission data applicable in multiple domains
• Formulate and interpret problems in mathematical or computational terms
• Design, develop, use, and evaluate mathematical models, methods, and algorithm application to explore concepts and solve problems for the customer
• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software algorithms (e.g. processing-intensive analytics, novel process development, manipulation of large data sets)
• Research analysis products and tools for possible integration to enhance Analytics and AI offerings
• Create new tools and applications using a variety of software languages, frameworks, and libraries
• Improve, support, and test a MLOps framework to support other team member’s analysis work
• Refine and enhance existing applications to better meet the customer’s mission
• Code, test, and maintain internally developed mathematical software tools

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees