Principal Data Scientist — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation/personal

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Sector seeks a Principal Data Scientist to join the Program Management Office at Palmdale, CA. This individual contributor role focuses on optimizing SQL databases, ETL pipelines, BI dashboards, and data analytics to drive critical project decisions.

Responsibilities include reviewing project status, budgeting support, resource planning, meeting facilitation, and collaboration with internal/external teams in a fast-paced environment; DoD Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience to write, optimize, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries.
• Experience managing and maintaining SQL databases.
• Ability to define, track, and visualize business/engineering metrics in BI tools.
• Expertise in developing and managing ETL processes.
• Python programming for data analysis, manipulation, and automation.
• Experience using version control systems for collaborative development.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum project management.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance; SAP access eligibility within scope.

Responsibilities

• Database optimization and maintenance; secure SQL databases and queries.
• ETL pipeline design, development, and management for complex datasets.
• Define and build dashboards to communicate metrics to stakeholders.
• Develop Python scripts for data manipulation and automation; use Airflow.
• Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum framework using Gitlab for code reviews.
• Develop data mining architectures and statistical analyses for business insights.

Skills

SQL

ETL

BI Visualization

Tableau

PowerBI

Python

Gitlab

Agile/Scrum

Data mining

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Apache Airflow

Tableau Server

Gitlab

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Sector seeks a Principal Data Scientist to join the Program Management Office at Palmdale, CA. This individual contributor role focuses on optimizing SQL databases, ETL pipelines, BI dashboards, and data analytics to drive critical project decisions.

Responsibilities include reviewing project status, budgeting support, resource planning, meeting facilitation, and collaboration with internal/external teams in a fast-paced environment; DoD Secret clearance is required.