Data Scientist — TS/SCI (Herndon, VA)

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Herndon, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is hiring a Data Scientist (TS/SCI) in Herndon, VA to design, develop, validate, and demonstrate analytical capabilities supporting pattern recognition, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, ABM, and decision support in a UTS environment. The role focuses on transforming complex data into actionable intelligence for national security objectives.

The ideal candidate has a TS/SCI clearance, 6+ years of data science/engineering experience, and strong Python/SQL skills.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance and CI Poly.
• 6 years of professional experience in data science, analytics, or data engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, engineering, statistics, GIS, or related discipline. Degree may be substituted with an additional 4 years of experience.
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with data manipulation, feature engineering, machine learning libraries (scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow), and automation tools.
• Experience contributing to full-cycle data projects, including data preparation, modeling, validation, and reporting.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and analytical results in writing and verbally.
• Must be able to work on-site in Herndon, Va, as required.

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 under established best practices.
• 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.
• Contribute to end-to-end data science and data engineering workflows, from data preparation and feature engineering through model development and results delivery, with guidance from senior team members as needed.
• Write clear, well-structured documentation of methods, assumptions, and results; assist with briefings or presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) within existing systems and workflows.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and mission partners to refine requirements and iterate on solutions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data science

Feature engineering

Machine learning

Deep learning

Time-series analysis

Explainable AI

Data manipulation

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

ETL

Big data

Education

Bachelor7s degree in data science, computer science, engineering, statistics, GIS, or related discipline

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Cloud services

Job description

Vantor is hiring a Data Scientist (TS/SCI) in Herndon, VA to design, develop, validate, and demonstrate analytical capabilities supporting pattern recognition, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, ABM, and decision support in a UTS environment. The role focuses on transforming complex data into actionable intelligence for national security objectives.

The ideal candidate has a TS/SCI clearance, 6+ years of data science/engineering experience, and strong Python/SQL skills.