Data Scientist

Integral Federal, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Earned Bonuses & Awards

Professional Training Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integral Federal, Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist in Washington, D.C. to support the Office of Naval Research's data and analytics initiatives. The role focuses on advancing analytical models, data governance, and machine learning implementations.

Candidates should have extensive experience with Python or R, cloud environments, and must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field. The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical insurance, paid time off, and professional development reimbursement.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience developing and deploying analytical models.
• 5 years hands-on experience using Python or R for analysis.
• Experience with data pipelines for batch or streaming data processing.

Responsibilities

• Support systems for data and analytics environment.
• Design and operate all data and applications within a cloud environment.
• Automate infrastructure and workflows using Infrastructure as Code tools.

Skills

Python

R

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS SageMaker

Azure Machine Learning

Apache Kafka

AWS Kinesis

Job description

The Data Scientist supports all Data Acquisition, Analytics, and Governance Services tasks and the strategy, design, and deployment of all advanced analytical and AI/ML models for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Comptroller’s Office Data and Analytics (D&A) Division architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive technical infrastructure support for all systems supporting the data and analytics environment.
• Design, deploy, and operate all data and applications within a cloud environment authorized at the FedRAMP High baseline and DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5), and maintain the system’s Authority to Operate (ATO) at all times, including configuration management, security patching, system monitoring, and help desk support.
• Support the architecture design for scalability to accommodate future growth in data volume and user load.
• Sustain secure data access mechanisms, including Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and user interfaces for data exploration, as well as a secure Bulk Data Download capability for authorized users.
• Manage access mechanisms under a formal data governance framework, including metadata management and data cataloging. Develop and deploy machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze unstructured text and the integration of AI/ML platforms such as AWS SageMaker and Azure Machine Learning.
• Automate infrastructure and workflows using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible. Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for secure software deployment, and develop streaming data pipelines using Apache Kafka or AWS Kinesis for real‑time data processing.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or IT related degree with 10 years experience.
• Ten (10) years of experience developing and deploying analytical models to address Science & Technology (S&T) or business requirements within a Department of War (DoW) organization.
• Five (5) years of hands‑on experience using Python or R for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and developing artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) models.
• Verifiable project experience developing data pipelines for batch or streaming data processing, including data cleansing, standardization, and normalization.
• Experience on at least two (2) distinct projects that required the application of advanced analytical techniques (such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Analysis, or Bibliometric Analysis) to S&T portfolio data.
• Secret Clearance.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Earned Bonuses & Awards
• Professional Training Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability