National Security Data Scientist - NLP & ML Expert

KBR Careers; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, located in McLean, VA, seeks a data scientist with TS/SCI to develop and deploy NLP and ML solutions. You will design and optimize models using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face, and perform large-scale data analysis with SQL in a secure environment.

Responsibilities include building text classification and topic modeling systems, leveraging GPUs, and collaborating with defense-focused teams to advance national security capabilities.

Qualifications

• NLP tasks with Python-based packages (SpaCy, Gensim, NLTK).
• Deep learning models with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras.
• Experience using Hugging Face transformers for NLP applications.
• Experience creating ML models for text classification or topic modeling.
• Experience using SQL to access and analyze large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy NLP solutions using Python libraries (SpaCy, Gensim, NLTK).
• Design, train, evaluate, and optimize ML/DL models with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras.
• Leverage Hugging Face transformers for state-of-the-art language models and analytics.
• Create models for text classification, topic modeling, and information extraction.
• Conduct advanced statistical analysis on personnel, intelligence, and performance metrics.
• Utilize SQL to query and analyze large multi-source datasets.
• Leverage GPUs to accelerate training, inference, and large-scale analytics.

Skills

TS/SCI with Polygraph

NLP with SpaCy/Gensim/NLTK

DL frameworks (PyTorch/TF/Keras)

Hugging Face Transformers

Text classification / topic modeling

SQL

GPU acceleration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/CS/Math/Stats/Engineering

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Keras

Hugging Face Transformers

Spring Boot

Job description

KBR, located in McLean, VA, seeks a data scientist with TS/SCI to develop and deploy NLP and ML solutions. You will design and optimize models using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face, and perform large-scale data analysis with SQL in a secure environment.

Responsibilities include building text classification and topic modeling systems, leveraging GPUs, and collaborating with defense-focused teams to advance national security capabilities.