Data Scientist - Junior

Data Scientist
Salary: $90k - $110k
Location: Arlington, VA (Onsite)
Industry: Government/Defense
Employment Type: Permanent Placement
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Qualifications:

• Experience with developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources
• Possession of advanced Excel skills and experience cleaning and transforming data for further use, creating reports and dashboards to inform senior leader decisions, and automating activities with VBA
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience with analyzing structured and unstructured data sources
• 2+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining
• 2+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Data Science or Analytics
• Knowledge of the Department of Defense data environment
• Experience with using object-oriented programming languages, including Python, R, or Java
• Knowledge of the Joint Staff, Combatant Command, or Service headquarters
• Experience with Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Microsoft Access, or Power Query

Responsibilities:

• Explores and operationalizes data sources using scientific processes and technologies to uncover and communicate product and business insights.
• Participate in various program meetings, collaborate with stakeholders, develop documents and briefs, present results and communicate effectively with Joint Force leaders.
• Develops or contributes to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Provide clients with a deep understanding of the data, what it means, and how it can be used.
• Identify and collect data sources, analyze and extract key data and information, and evaluate and monitor data quality to meet the organization's information system needs and requirements.
• Works independently with some guidance; may review or guide activities of more junior employees.
• Integrate data, conduct exploratory data analysis to discover hidden patterns, apply predictive models, and use the right combination of tools to turn disparate data points into objective answers to enable informed decision-making.
• Apply data science, Joint Force, and Defense industry knowledge.
• Develop solutions to a variety of Joint concept, experimentation, and capability development problems of moderate scope and complexity.

EOE/ADA
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