CareerPlan

Principal Data Scientist - CTJ - TS/SCI

United States, Virginia, RestonFull-time2026-09-29 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Oversee data acquisition, format and describe data, coach engineers on data cleaning/analysis, drive ethics/privacy in data collection, evaluate and improve team models, and develop operational models at scale.

Role type

Principal Data Scientist (Data Strategy & Model Operations)

Builds

Operational models running at scale, data pipelines, and evaluation frameworks

Domain

Data Science, Statistics, and Model Operations

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Data acquisition and formatting, data cleaning and analysis, statistical techniques, model evaluation, ethics and privacy strategy, extensible code development, debugging, business and solution strategy definition, customer-focused problem solving

Preferred skills

Thought leadership, industry trend analysis, new evaluation method invention

Responsibilities

Oversee data acquisition and ensure proper formatting and description, coach engineers in data cleaning and analysis best practices, identify gaps in current data sets, drive ethics and privacy discussions, evaluate team models and recommend improvements, develop operational models that run at scale, conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, define business and solution strategy goals, partner with teams to explore new opportunities

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship