Senior Data Scientist - AI & Data Strategy Architect

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA’s senior Data Scientist position in Washington, DC, serves as a technical authority guiding agency data and analytic systems. You will lead the design and deployment of advanced statistical and machine learning models, establish standards for data quality and model validation, and architect analytic environments to support mission priorities.

You will oversee ML operations, governance, and data stewardship across enterprise data systems, ensuring reproducibility and security while advising

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in designing and deploying statistical or ML models and enterprise data pipelines.
• Establishing organization-wide standards for data quality, model validation, and technical documentation.
• Developing MLOps practices including deployment, monitoring, and governance across environments.

Responsibilities

• Define agency standards and reference architectures for data and AI engineering solutions.
• Lead the design and deployment of statistical or ML models and enterprise data pipelines.
• Establish ML operations practices, including deployment, monitoring, and risk controls.
• Direct implementation of AI governance, privacy protections, and access controls for enterprise data systems.
• Architect analytic environments and guide data lineage, documentation, and environment transitions.
• Oversee integration of statistical and ML methods into operational systems for reproducibility and security.
• Set and oversee data quality, model validation, and documentation standards and monitor compliance.
• Lead metadata, catalog stewardship, including tagging, classification, lineage, and certification processes.

Skills

Advanced modeling & ML

Data pipelines

Governance & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in math, stats, CS, or data science

Education/experience equivalent combination

Job description

NASA’s senior Data Scientist position in Washington, DC, serves as a technical authority guiding agency data and analytic systems. You will lead the design and deployment of advanced statistical and machine learning models, establish standards for data quality and model validation, and architect analytic environments to support mission priorities.

You will oversee ML operations, governance, and data stewardship across enterprise data systems, ensuring reproducibility and security while advising