Lead Data Scientist
Core
Lead a team in developing predictive modeling solutions and advanced analytics to tackle national security and homeland security challenges for federal clients.
Role type
Senior IC lead data scientist (predictive modeling & analytics)
Builds
Predictive models, automated classification systems, and entity recognition tools for federal mission support
Domain
National security / Homeland security / Federal government services
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning (supervised/unsupervised), statistical analysis, data extraction and cleaning, feature engineering, algorithm development, model training and deployment, project management, technical communication
Preferred skills
Experience with ICE or law enforcement programs, leadership experience
Technologies
Python, R, SQL, Java, Scala, SAS, SPSS, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Tableau, D3
Responsibilities
Create intervention hypotheses and experiments; collaborate with stakeholders to scope mission challenges; extract, clean, and transform transactional data to build predictive models; define and develop programming algorithms; train, evaluate, and deploy predictive analytics models; identify patterns/anomalies in large datasets; communicate technical design and outcomes to senior government stakeholders