External Job Posting Title Senior Data Scientist - Operational Analytics

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Herndon, Virginia is seeking a Data Scientist to transform complex data into actionable insights and metrics. The role supports the Digital Command Center by modeling, visualizing, and operationalizing program data. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in data analysis, strong proficiency with analytical tools, and the ability to work closely with technical teams.

The expected salary range for this position is $104,000 - $166,000, depending on various factors including experience and education.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA, 6+ years with a MS/MA, or 3+ with a PhD in Data Science or related fields.
• Experience analyzing complex datasets to support decision-making.
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, or similar analytical tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze workstream, requirements, and program data for insights.
• Define operational metrics and decision-support views.
• Partner with data architects to identify data gaps.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Analysis

Data Cleaning

Statistics

Predictive Modeling

Education

Data Science, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

R

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton Labs is seeking a Data Scientist to support the BNATCS CTO Advanced Analytics and Digital Command Center teams by transforming complex workstream, program, schedule, requirements, and operational data into trusted metrics, analytical insights, and decision-support products.

This role will support the analytics foundation behind the Digital Command Center (DCC) by helping interpret, model, visualize, and operationalize complex workstream data. You will work closely with CTO leadership and mission stakeholders to transform raw and evolving program data into actionable insights, dashboards, metrics, and analytics products that support FAA modernization objectives.

The ideal candidate for this role brings strong analytical judgment, cognitive flexibility, hands-on comfort with data, and the ability to understand both the technical structure of data and the operational meaning behind it. Candidates for this role should be able to analyze, reason, and communicate well enough to contribute to analytics workflows, dashboard logic, data validation, and integration activities supporting the consolidated data environment that feeds the program’s agentic AI engine.

Experience with FAA, NAS, Aviation, air traffic operations, transportation, safety-critical systems, or large-scale modernization data is highly relevant to this position.

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze workstream, requirements, IMS, schedule, risk, operational, and program data to identify trends, dependencies, gaps, anomalies, and decision-relevant insights
• Define operational metrics, KPIs, analytical logic, thresholds, and decision-support views for Digital Command Center dashboards and advanced analytics products
• Assess the quality, completeness, consistency, and usability of data made available through enterprise data repositories
• Partner with data architects and data engineers to identify data gaps, transformation needs, metadata requirements, and analytics-readiness issues
• Support ai-enabled analytics workflows by helping define trusted data inputs, context, validation criteria, and human-in-the-loop review considerations
• Develop notebooks, scripts, SQL queries, statistical analyses, models, and reusable analytical artifacts to support data exploration and decision-making
• Translate ambiguous operational questions into structured analysis, measurable metrics, and clear recommendations
• Communicate assumptions, limitations, findings, and implications to technical teams, program leadership, and mission stakeholders

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA, 6+ years with a MS/MA, or 3+ with a PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related technical discipline
• Experience analyzing complex structured, semi-structured, operational, program, or business datasets to support decision-making
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, or similar analytical tools, with the ability to develop notebooks, scripts, queries, and reusable analysis artifacts
• Experience with exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, statistical analysis, trend analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, classification, clustering, or predictive modeling
• Experience defining or supporting metrics, KPIs, dashboards, reports, or decision-support products
• Ability to assess data quality, completeness, consistency, and analytical usefulness
• Ability to translate ambiguous operational and stakeholder questions into structured analyses and measurable outputs
• US Citizenship

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.