Senior Data Scientist

Job Description:

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Skills:

Job Qualifications:

Analytical Models, Data Analytics, Data Science, Python (Programming Language), Structured Query Language (SQL)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

YOUR IMPACT

Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of War’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.

OUR COMPANY

Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Iron EagleX is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our dynamic team in Crystal City, VA. This role creates and delivers innovative analytic solutions as a member of a fast-paced, multi-discipline team.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will quickly turn large and complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for critical customer requirements.

JOB DUTIES (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)

• Implement structured, repeatable data analysis across large, disparate datasets to surface patterns, trends, anomalies, and relationships in support of mission and analytic needs.
• Develop, maintain, and improve analytic tooling such as queries, scripts, lightweight services, and reusable code components to automate recurring workflows and enable rapid-turn analysis.
• Build and enhance interactive analytic dashboards and lightweight GUIs, such as Streamlit applications, that support data exploration, linkage review, analyst workflows, and generation of structured outputs.
• Create analyst-ready products, including tables, visualizations, summaries, briefings, and structured exports, that translate technical findings into clear, decision-oriented insights.
• Work with analysts, engineers, and technical staff to convert ad hoc analyses into reusable pipelines, standardized methodologies, documented workflows, and maintainable analytic capabilities.
• Support the integration, testing, and refinement of analytic methods in operational environments, ensuring outputs are reliable, reproducible, and usable by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Strong Python skills for building practical analytic solutions, including data processing, automation, visualization, and reproducible scripts or notebooks using libraries such as pandas and NumPy.
• Strong SQL and hands-on experience working directly with large datasets in modern data platforms such as Trino, PostgreSQL, Hive, OpenSearch, or Elasticsearch; distributed query experience is a plus.
• Experience designing and implementing repeatable analytic workflows, including source triage, data profiling, quality checks, transformation logic, documentation, and reusable code patterns.
• Practical experience developing analytic methods for entity resolution, relationship discovery, graph and relational analysis, including implementation of scoring, thresholds, validation checks, and measures of analytic confidence.
• Experience integrating structured, semi-structured, and text-based data, including extracting key fields and signals, normalizing data across sources, and combining schemas to support downstream analysis and tooling.
• Ability to translate technical analysis into usable outputs for analysts and decision-makers, including clear visualizations, concise analytic narratives, dashboards, and structured deliverables.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Familiarity with deploying applications in Dockerized environments and utilizing CI/CD pipelines to support repeatable, secure, and maintainable software delivery.
• Familiarity with Git best practices, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, merge conflict resolution, and maintaining clean, well-documented repositories.
• Experience integrating React-based frontends with RESTful APIs and Python-based backend services.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Clearance: Current TS/SCI Clearance with current or willingness to obtain CI polygraph
• Experience: 8+ years of related experience
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Advanced degrees are a plus.
• Role requirements: This position is onsite in Crystal City, VA and requires travel for 60-90 days to CONUS sites each year.
• Due to US Government Contract Requirements, only US Citizens are eligible for this role

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results. #iexjobs #iexpriority

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

The likely salary range for this position is $154,700 - $209,300. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards At GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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