Remote Senior Data Scientist — AI & Cloud Modernization

GovCIO; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Data Scientist to support the VA data modernization initiative. This fully remote role is located within the United States and focuses on delivering data products and workflows for mission-critical operations.

You will migrate workloads to the cloud, champion AI adoption with clients, create reference use cases with tutorials and training, host office hours to upskill staff, and develop, train, and deploy machine learning solutions to solve complex business problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, Systems, Business or related discipline with 15+ years experience (or commensurate experience).
• Proficient in Python and advanced SQL for data analysis.
• 2+ years’ experience on leading cloud platforms such as Databricks, Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Experience in end-to-end data science workflow, from identifying datasets to production, and tooling (NumPy, SciPy, MLFlow).
• Solid understanding of traditional machine learning toolboxes.
• Working knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI workflow.
• Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Consult with internal clients and build data products/workflows to support critical operations.
• Migrate and modernize clients’ workloads from legacy environments to the cloud to realize improvements.
• Spearhead AI adoption with clients to drive business outcomes.
• Create reference use cases with tutorials, reference code, and training to drive cloud tooling adoption.
• Host office hours to upskill clients.
• Develop, train, and deploy machine learning to solve complex business problems.

Skills

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

ML tooling (NumPy SciPy MLFlow)

LLMs / AI agents

Data science workflow

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/Systems/Business

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Data Scientist to support the VA data modernization initiative. This fully remote role is located within the United States and focuses on delivering data products and workflows for mission-critical operations.

You will migrate workloads to the cloud, champion AI adoption with clients, create reference use cases with tutorials and training, host office hours to upskill staff, and develop, train, and deploy machine learning solutions to solve complex business problems.