Data Scientist

Base-2 Solutions; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Data Scientist to support a long-term mission-focused analytics program in Bethesda, MD. The role involves delivering advanced data science capabilities, analyzing results, and disseminating findings to inform intelligence insights.

Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is essential, with a flexible hybrid schedule based in Bethesda. The candidate will design and optimize a Search and Discovery platform, integrate data sources, and deploy analytic pipelines

Qualifications

• B.S. in a quantitative or analytical field or equivalent
• 4+ years in data science/analytics; 2+ years with a Master’s
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Experience with Elastic Stack and SQL
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative development
• Experience in hybrid team environments and research design

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data scientists, software developers, engineers and analysts to design, build, and optimize a Search and Discovery platform
• Conduct research to improve data indexing, discovery, and reusable tools
• Support multiple projects and communicate findings to non-technical audiences
• Identify data sources to improve predictive algorithms and drive user adoption
• Apply quantitative methods, UI design concepts, and customer engagement to analytics platforms
• Collaborate across hybrid teams to deploy complex algorithms and platforms
• Engage in cooperative R&D to reuse team products

Skills

Python

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

B.S. in quantitative/analytical field

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch/Kibana)

SQL

Git

Job description

• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
• Location: Bethesda, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First

• Requisition ID: 5394
• Standard Title:
• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
• Location: Bethesda, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First
• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Data Scientist to support a long-term mission-focused big data and predictive analytics program. The role involves delivering advanced data science capabilities to advance national security objectives, analyzing results, disseminating findings, and contributing to actionable intelligence insights. The position requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and offers a flexible schedule with a hybrid work model based in Bethesda, MD.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Work closely with a team of data scientists, software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts to design, build, and optimize a Search and Discovery platform.
• Conduct research tasks to recommend optimal approaches to index and organize data for discovery and create reusable agents and tools.
• Support multiple simultaneous projects, independently and collaboratively make mission-relevant discoveries, and communicate findings to non-technical audiences.
• Identify novel data sources to improve predictive algorithms and encourage user adoption of data analytics platforms.
• Leverage expertise in research design, exploratory analysis, quantitative methods, user interface application design, and customer engagement.
• Collaborate with a hybrid team of analysts, engineers, and developers to build and deploy complex algorithms and analytical platforms.
• Engage in co-development and cooperative research to leverage and reuse team products.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in a quantitative or analytical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Computational Social Science; or Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree including certificate-based advanced training courses.
• 4+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, with 2+ years required if holding a Master's degree.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience deploying data science applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift.
• Experience with information retrieval and search technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana) and/or SQL.
• Familiarity with Git and cooperative software development practices.
• Experience working with hybrid teams to conduct research and build analytical platforms.
• Demonstrated active learning and creative problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers with progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes.
• Experience constructing and performing evaluations of analytics including test data construction, test execution, and metrics.
• Experience with Agentic software solutions such as Agno, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, or LangGraph.
• Experience working in on-prem, air-gapped environments and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S).

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• B.S. Degree in a quantitative or analytical field with 4+ years of experience.
• Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree including certificate-based advanced training courses with 2+ years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI

Equal Employment Opportunity

Base-2 Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Learn more: base-2solutions.com/eeo

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).