Lead Data Scientist — Economic Analytics & Strategy

MITRE; McLean (VA); Vor Ort; USD 155.000 - 233.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks a Lead Data Scientist for Acquisition Affordability and Business Analytics. You will partner across divisions to solve mission and business challenges using advanced analytics, economic modeling, and decision support capabilities.

The role requires 8+ years of experience or equivalent with a strong background in statistics, ML, data engineering, and cloud platforms. On-site presence 4 days/week is required, with clearance eligibility and a passion for impact.

Qualifikationen

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or other engineering or quantitative analysis field.
• Expertise in python or R for data science and modeling.
• Expertise in code environment management and versioning (e.g.., Git, IDEs).
• Experience programmatically accessing and integrating structured and unstructured data from enterprise databases, APIs, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Expert in data processing, exploratory data analysis, and work with both structured and unstructured data sources.
• Expert at machine learning and natural language processing, including model tuning, computer vision, time-series analysis, and related packages (e.g., scikit-learn).
• Ability to independently identify the best statistical and/or machine learning methods for a given task.
• Ability to leverage AI as a responsible augmentation to work, including judgement when to validate and tune LLM outputs.
• Expertise in choosing appropriate visualizations to communicate findings utilizing data visualization approaches and software, including PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, and visual development through leaflet, R Shiny, plotly, seaborn, ggplot, or other packages.
• Expert at use of statistical methods including regressions, forecasting, and hypothesis testing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise with MS Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Aufgaben

• Identify sources of information and gather a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions that have implications for MITRE and its government sponsors
• Select and apply analytical methods and techniques, including exploratory data analysis, time series analysis, linear regression, text analysis, and machine learning
• Draw conclusions from analyses and clearly and concisely articulate key findings in both written and verbal form
• Lead the presentation of findings to senior level stakeholders
• Recommends and develops data visualization products that improve the presentation of complex data sets and analyses
• Translate unstructured data and nontraditional sources of information into business insights
• Explore sponsor environments for cross-government challenges and identify potential best practices
• Develop investment, economic, and decision analyses, including business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses, analysis-of- alternatives, and portfolio analysis
• Develop strategic business and financial analyses, including but not limited to economic studies, cost recovery strategies, budget development & planning, and affordability analysis
• Assess government and industry cost estimates and economic analyses
• Works independently with minimal guidance while proactively identifying, analyzing, and communicating significant issues, findings, risks, and opportunities to leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead small teams on tasks or small projects while training or assisting junior staff

Kenntnisse

Python

R

Statistical modeling

Exploratory data analysis

Machine learning

NLP

AI augmentation

Data visualization

Communication

Excel / Office

Security clearance eligibility

On-site requirement

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s in Operations Research / Mathematics / Statistics / Economics / Finance / Data Analytics / Data Science

Master’s in relevant field

PhD in relevant field

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Qlik

Leaflet

R Shiny

Plotly

Seaborn

ggplot

Jobbeschreibung

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks a Lead Data Scientist for Acquisition Affordability and Business Analytics. You will partner across divisions to solve mission and business challenges using advanced analytics, economic modeling, and decision support capabilities.

The role requires 8+ years of experience or equivalent with a strong background in statistics, ML, data engineering, and cloud platforms. On-site presence 4 days/week is required, with clearance eligibility and a passion for impact.