Data Scientist: AI & Analytics for Investigations

Environmental Protection Agency; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Environmental Protection Agency seeks a Data Scientist to join the Office of Inspector General, Data Analytics Directorate, to build data pipelines, models, and visualizations supporting audits and investigations. You will work with AWS and M365 environments, review code, and document methodologies for traceability.

The role includes preparing data dictionaries, ensuring reproducibility, and applying ML techniques including generative/agentic AI where appropriate, in a federally governed

Qualifications

• Experience designing data pipelines and ML models.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and R for data tasks.
• Ability to create visualizations using BI and GIS tools.
• Experience with data validation, testing, and reproducibility.

Responsibilities

• Create and model data analysis and statistical trends using data pipelines.
• Develop visualizations with BI tools and ML services such as PowerBI and SageMaker.
• Review and optimize SQL, Python, and R code for efficient data access.
• Document data dictionaries, methodologies, and version control for traceability.
• Support data validation, testing, and monitoring for audits and investigations.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistics

Machine learning

Data visualization

Python

R

SQL

AWS

Tools

PowerBI

ArcGIS Knowledge

ArcGIS Enterprise

Amazon SageMaker

SQL

Python

R

AWS

Job description

The Environmental Protection Agency seeks a Data Scientist to join the Office of Inspector General, Data Analytics Directorate, to build data pipelines, models, and visualizations supporting audits and investigations. You will work with AWS and M365 environments, review code, and document methodologies for traceability.

The role includes preparing data dictionaries, ensuring reproducibility, and applying ML techniques including generative/agentic AI where appropriate, in a federally governed