Data Scientist

VTG Defense; Beavercreek (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG Defense is seeking a Data Scientist to support our team in Beavercreek, Ohio. The role involves designing and prototyping a data management and application development pipeline for defense data science tasks, gathering and analyzing data, and developing AI/ML based applications.

You will work with DevOps engineers, software developers, data engineers, and system operators to prototype diverse solutions and manage data across its lifecycle, from onboarding to integration and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/IS or related field.
• 4+ years as a Data Scientist with statistical modeling and ML on large datasets.
• Experience with data storage and management tools (S3, SQL, MongoDB, HBase, Kafka, etc.).
• Programming in Python or R with pandas, NumPy, Polars, Dask.
• Experience with JupyterHub/Jupyter Notebooks and Apache Spark.
• Knowledge of data modeling principles.
• Experience with structured and unstructured data extraction and insights.
• Cloud development experience, preferably AWS.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• US Citizen with TOP SECRET/SCI Eligible Clearance or ability to obtain a TOP SECRET/SCI clearance.
• Background check success.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and implement a data management and application development pipeline.
• Gather and organize data; conduct data analytics and develop analytic/AIML applications.
• Work with DevOps, software developers, data engineers, and system operators to prototype solutions.
• Identify data needs and prototype modern data pipelines in local and cloud environments.
• Provide technical input to program managers and government representatives.

Skills

Python

R

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field

Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Systems

Tools

AWS S3

MongoDB

HBase

Kafka

Pandas

NumPy

Polars

Dask

JupyterHub/Jupyter Notebooks

Apache Spark

MATLAB

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking a Data Scientist to support our Team in Beavercreek, OH. The Data Scientist will design, prototype, and implement a data management and application development pipeline in support of national defense data science and data architecture prototyping tasks. This role will also include gathering and organizing data, conducting data analytics, and developing data analytic and AI/ML based applications. This is an onsite role due to its classification level.

What will you do?

The Data Scientist will work with a team of DevOps engineers, software developers, data engineers, and system operators to identify data needs and prototype a range of novel solutions. This data scientist would be involved at all levels of the data life cycle from onboard management of data to its use in application development and back to application integration and gathering test data.

• Leverage third-party tools to architect and prototype a modern data management and application development pipeline in a local and/or a cloud environment


• Perform data analytics of simulated and real-world data


• Integrate structured and unstructured data from disparate data sources


• Develop applications and models supporting various users


• Provide technical input to program managers and government representatives

Do you have what it takes?

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, majoring in majoring in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field


• 4+ years of experience as a Data Scientist including experience in statistical modeling and machine learning based on the analysis of large sets of data


• Experience with data storage and management tools (S3, SQL, MongoDB, Hbase, Apache Atlas, Kafka, etc.)


• Programming experience in Python, R, or similar data manipulation languages and associated libraries (e.g. pandas, numpy, polars, dask)


• Experience with data science and analytics toolsets (e.g. JupyterHub / Jupyter Notebooks, Apache Spark, MATLAB)


• Knowledge of data modeling principles


• Experience in knowledge extraction and insights from data in various forms, both structured and unstructured


• Cloud development experience, preferably in AWS


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• US Citizen with current TOP SECRET/SCI Eligible Clearance or ability to obtain a TOP SECRET/SCI clearance


• Successful completion of background check

Desired qualifications

• Master's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Systems


• Experience establishing data pipelines in cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud


• Data visualization experience and associated tools/libraries (e.g. pyplot, seaborn)


• Experience using Git for version control and issue tracking


• Experience with artifact repositories (e.g. Artifactory)


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab pipelines)


• Experience with AI/ML development tools and libraries (e.g. Sagemaker, ML Studio, Tensorflow, Keras, scikit-learn)


• Experience leading teams and projects


• Programming experience in C++ and Java


• Experience with Linux systems