Senior AI/ML Scientist - Automation & Defense Analytics

Bluehawk LLC, Intelligence Services; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluehawk LLC, Intelligence Services is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for Automation and AI to advance AI/ML capabilities that improve collection prioritization, tasking, and resource optimization.

You will partner with software engineers and mission stakeholders to translate CI/HUMINT requirements into explainable, operational analytical solutions while ensuring responsible AI practices and compliance with security and data governance.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in data science, ML/AI, predictive analytics, or related technical field.
• Proficiency in Python or R and common ML frameworks.
• Ability to develop, validate, and assess predictive/ML models on complex datasets.
• Knowledge of data prep, feature engineering, model evaluation, automation, and production integration.
• Ability to explain methods, assumptions, performance, and risks to mission/executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate AI/ML capabilities to improve collection prioritization and resource optimization.
• Collaborate with software engineers and stakeholders to translate requirements into usable analytical solutions.
• Implement ML methods for pattern recognition, anomaly detection, forecasting, and decision support.
• Support automation of tasking processes based on optimal alignment of collectors, sources, and requirements.
• Establish feedback mechanisms using real-time data and iterative learning.
• Prepare, cleanse, transform, and analyze structured and unstructured data from multiple sources.
• Conduct model validation, performance assessment, and continuous monitoring.
• Brief stakeholders on model performance, limitations, risks, and operational implications.
• Apply DoD AI Ethical Principles and security/data governance requirements.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Artificial intelligence

Predictive analytics

Python

R

Feature engineering

Model evaluation

Automation

Communication

Collaboration

Explainability

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Bluehawk LLC, Intelligence Services is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for Automation and AI to advance AI/ML capabilities that improve collection prioritization, tasking, and resource optimization.

You will partner with software engineers and mission stakeholders to translate CI/HUMINT requirements into explainable, operational analytical solutions while ensuring responsible AI practices and compliance with security and data governance.