Data Scientist, TS/SCI Clearance — Predictive Analytics

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor in Herndon, VA is seeking a Data Scientist with TS/SCI clearance to join a team building analytics capabilities for UTS threat characterization and mission-focused use cases. You will perform data preparation, modeling, validation, and deliver insights.

The role emphasizes Python/SQL, ML libraries, and collaboration across data scientists, engineers, and mission partners; on-site in Herndon with security requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in data-related field; Master’s preferred.
• Strong coding in Python and SQL; data manipulation and ML libraries.
• Experience across full-cycle data projects: prep, modeling, validation, reporting.

Responsibilities

• Data preparation
• Feature engineering
• Statistical modeling
• Predictive analytics
• Deep learning
• Time-series analysis
• Model validation
• Explainable AI
• Performance benchmarking
• Technical documentation
• Automate and maintain data extraction, cleaning, processing, and analysis workflows using Python, SQL, and ETL tools.
• Process and analyze structured and unstructured datasets using big data or cloud-native frameworks (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, or managed cloud services).
• Develop, test, and evaluate predictive models and statistical analyses to support mission-focused use cases.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and mission partners to refine requirements and iterate on solutions.
• Write clear documentation of methods, assumptions, and results; assist with briefings or presentations to stakeholders.
• Support the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) within existing systems and workflows.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data manipulation

Machine learning

Explainable AI

Big data

Data analysis

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, engineering, statistics, GIS, or related discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Spark

Hadoop

Cloud services

Job description

Vantor in Herndon, VA is seeking a Data Scientist with TS/SCI clearance to join a team building analytics capabilities for UTS threat characterization and mission-focused use cases. You will perform data preparation, modeling, validation, and deliver insights.

The role emphasizes Python/SQL, ML libraries, and collaboration across data scientists, engineers, and mission partners; on-site in Herndon with security requirements.