Senior Data Scientist

We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!

The Role

• Serve as a senior technical contributor and analytic lead on complex, high-impact national security programs.
• Partner with government customers and subject matter experts to define mission problems and analytic objectives.
• Translate ambiguous operational challenges into actionable data science requirements and solution designs.
• Design, develop, and deploy advanced analytics, statistical models, and machine learning solutions.
• Apply various data science techniques including exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, predictive modeling, and algorithm development.
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from diverse sources across classified environments.

What You'll Need

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field with 15+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 18+ years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience applying data science and advanced analytics to complex, mission-focused problems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or R, including advanced data science and machine learning libraries.
• Strong experience working with large, complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts and influence analytic direction on large or complex programs.
• Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to provide technical leadership and advanced analytics expertise on mission-critical national security programs.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions.
• Contribute to the definition, design, implementation, and deployment of cutting-edge data science and AI solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists, contributing to analytic standards and best practices.

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