Senior Data Scientist

The Security Centre Limited; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability & Life Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off (11 holidays + birthday)

Professional Development

Home Office stipend

Performance/Profit Sharing

Employee Referral Bonuses

Job summary

TeamWorx Security, LLC is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop analytical and AI-enabled capabilities for a federal enterprise data modernization effort. You will translate mission questions into analytical approaches, build and validate models on governed data, and present results to decision-makers.

The role spans multiple business lines, requiring versatility across domains. You will take ownership, work with government stakeholders, and communicate clearly to drive actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 10 years, in data science, statistics, mathematics, economics, operations research, computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience developing, validating, and documenting analytical models that informed real operational or business decisions.
• Strong applied statistics and machine learning fundamentals, including judgment about which method fits the problem.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for analysis, modeling, and working with data at scale.
• Experience evaluating model performance and communicating uncertainty, limitations, and assumptions honestly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience working in Databricks as a practitioner: notebooks, SQL and PySpark for analysis, model development and tracking, AI features, or dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Translate mission and business questions into analytical approaches, working directly with government stakeholders and subject matter experts to define the problem before modeling it.
• Perform exploratory and statistical analysis, predictive modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and feature engineering using governed enterprise data.
• Develop, validate, and maintain models and AI-enabled analytical capabilities, including documented assumptions, definitions, and data lineage, and establish whether the outputs are accurate, explainable, and fit for the decision being supported.
• Build the analytical datasets your work depends on using Databricks, BigQuery, Python, and SQL, working with the data engineering team where production pipelines are required.
• Take ownership of existing analytical products, reports, and stakeholder relationships, sustaining and improving them while building new capabilities.
• Deliver results as visualizations, dashboards, models, and written analysis that technical and non-technical audiences can both use, and present findings to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics/ML fundamentals

Data visualization

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree with 12 years experience

Master's degree with 10 years experience

Tools

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

Location:Fully Remote, United States
Position Type: Full-Time

Clearance: U.S. citizenship is required. The candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain federal suitability, a government-issued PIV credential, and required system access.

The Opportunity

TeamWorx Security is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop analytical and AI-enabled capabilities on a federal enterprise data modernization effort. The Senior Data Scientist will work with business teams, technical staff, and government stakeholders to turn mission questions into analytical approaches, build and validate models on governed enterprise data, and deliver results decision-makers can act on and defend.

The work spans multiple business lines, so priorities shift as different teams need help. This role rewards someone who can move between problem domains, learn a new business area quickly, and apply the method that best fits the stakeholder's or end-user's question.

Success in this role requires initiative, ownership, and clear communication. You will work through ambiguity, identify needs or risks before they become problems, and move work forward without waiting for detailed direction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Translate mission and business questions into analytical approaches, working directly with government stakeholders and subject matter experts to define the problem before modeling it.
• Perform exploratory and statistical analysis, predictive modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and feature engineering using governed enterprise data.
• Develop, validate, and maintain models and AI-enabled analytical capabilities, including documented assumptions, definitions, and data lineage, and establish whether the outputs are accurate, explainable, and fit for the decision being supported.
• Build the analytical datasets your work depends on using Databricks, BigQuery, Python, and SQL, working with the data engineering team where production pipelines are required.
• Take ownership of existing analytical products, reports, and stakeholder relationships, sustaining and improving them while building new capabilities.
• Deliver results as visualizations, dashboards, models, and written analysis that technical and non-technical audiences can both use, and present findings to stakeholders and leadership.

What We Think You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 10 years, in data science, statistics, mathematics, economics, operations research, computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience developing, validating, and documenting analytical models that informed real operational or business decisions.
• Strong applied statistics and machine learning fundamentals, including judgment about which method fits the problem.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for analysis, modeling, and working with data at scale.
• Experience evaluating model performance and communicating uncertainty, limitations, and assumptions honestly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience working in Databricks as a practitioner: notebooks, SQL and PySpark for analysis, model development and tracking, AI features, or dashboards.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience supporting GSA, ideally within the Public Buildings Service, including an understanding of how PBS is organized, how its business lines operate, and where its data lives.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery, along with familiarity with data governance and production support.
• Experience as the senior analytical voice on a team, setting methods, reviewing others' analysis, and mentoring less experienced analysts.

What's in it for you?

These awesome perks: Comprehensive Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance, Short-Term Disability & Life Insurance, Matching 401(k) Contributions, Paid Time Off including 11 Holidays and your Birthday, Professional Development, Fitness Membership, and Home Office allocations, Performance Bonuses & Profit Sharing, & Employee Referral Bonuses. But wait, there's more: TeamWorx Security is committed to our teammates and their professional goals. Being a small but growing company affords us the opportunity to work WITH YOU to reach your full potential.

A Little About Us and Our Team

We love to be inspired. We started TeamWorx Security to build, create, and dream about what inspires us, and because of this, our Maryland startup is quickly growing. We are a team of data scientists, software engineers, researchers, product developers, and operation-minded folks who specialize in developing applications and products that our customers love. Our mission is to reinvent the way technical and non-technical people work with technology. We believe in creating harmonious, automated solutions designed to improve our customers’ daily workflow, allowing them to act quickly and decisively about what matters most. We are looking for critical thinkers who excel at solving problems and have a passion for what they do to help us move our mission forward. This is our story; come tell us your story.

At TeamWorx Security, Inc., we hold our values as guiding principles in all that we do and encourage our community to embrace and embody them. Our core values are putting our employees first, being curious, being authentic, being scrappy, and honoring those we serve. These values drive our company culture, decision-making, and operations.

Commitment to Our Talent Community

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.