Data Scientist, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
Core
Build and maintain data pipelines for large datasets, implement AI-enabled solutions and advanced modeling to improve data quality, and produce policy research and high-quality data resources for security and emerging technology analysis.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (security & emerging tech)
Builds
Data pipelines, bibliometric data tools, and open data infrastructure for research and decision making
Domain
National security, emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and bibliometrics
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
SQL, Python, data pipeline construction, entity resolution, clustering, statistical analysis, cloud computing, data visualization, project management
Preferred skills
Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning (ML) or large language models (LLMs), bibliometric datasets, multi-lingual data processing
Technologies
Airflow, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitHub
Responsibilities
Build and maintain data pipelines using Airflow; Design and implement AI-enabled solutions and advanced modeling; Ingest structured and unstructured datasets into GCP; Interpret results to support research and publications; Communicate findings via visualizations and written outputs; Monitor trends in AI, ML, biotechnology, and national security policy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
