Data Scientist Level 2 – TS/SCI Poly On-Site

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee referral bonuses up to $10, 0

Company-paid health premiums

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Data Scientist Level 2 to support the VISTA (MT&E Team). This role develops machine learning, data mining, statistical, and graph-based algorithms to analyze complex datasets, build and evaluate models, generate data-driven insights, and support the integration of analytics into production workflows.

The position partners with subject matter experts, software engineers, and cloud developers to translate mission needs into scalable analytic solutions.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Proficiency in Python and R for data manipulation, analysis, and algorithm implementation.
• Strong foundation in statistics and probability including regression analysis and hypothesis testing.
• Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and frameworks such as TensorFlow and Scikit-Learn.
• Data wrangling and transforming complex datasets into usable formats.
• Experience with SQL and databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Matplotlib.
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline and 5 years of analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce data visualizations and insights from dataset structures.
• Develop scripts to extract information from SQL tables, structured metadata, and logs.
• Create feature vectors from SME input for analytics development.
• Translate qualitative analysis into quantitative software solutions.
• Develop and apply statistical and ML techniques for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
• Conduct statistical tests to support data-driven decisions and recommendations.
• Design experiments to collect data or simulate data when needed.
• Identify algorithms suitable for datasets and tune model parameters.
• Evaluate analytics using metrics like ROC curves and confusion matrices.
• Guide analytic development toward scalable production analytics with software engineers.

Skills

Python

R

Statistics

Machine Learning

Data wrangling

SQL

Tableau

Matplotlib

TensorFlow

Scikit-Learn

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree (preferred)

PhD (optional)

Associate degree (relevant)

High school diploma with related experience

Tools

TensorFlow

Scikit-Learn

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Tableau

Matplotlib

SAS

MATLAB

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Data Scientist Level 2 to support the VISTA (MT&E Team). This role develops machine learning, data mining, statistical, and graph-based algorithms to analyze complex datasets, build and evaluate models, generate data-driven insights, and support the integration of analytics into production workflows.

The position partners with subject matter experts, software engineers, and cloud developers to translate mission needs into scalable analytic solutions.