Senior Data Scientist: AI, ML & Analytics Lead

Celestar Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestar, a B&A Company, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist seated in the National Capital Region. The role focuses on advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and data engineering to support defense programs.

The candidate should have mastery in R, Python, SQL and experience with Power BI and Tableau. A TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required, with duties spanning data science across large datasets and enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree with 12 years of experience or a bachelor's degree with 17 years total experience required.
• 12 years of experience related to the labor category, with recent experience within last 2 years.
• TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Conducts data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis to produce visual and narrative outputs.
• Develops AI tools to automate processes and integrates data from multiple sources.
• Builds ML-based tools such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems.
• Performs statistical analysis, data mining, and develops high-quality prediction systems.
• Visualizes data using Power BI, Tableau, and other graphical tools; works with R and Python.

Skills

R

Python

SQL

Education

Master's Degree with 12 years of experience / Bachelor's with 17 years total

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Celestar, a B&A Company, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist seated in the National Capital Region. The role focuses on advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and data engineering to support defense programs.

The candidate should have mastery in R, Python, SQL and experience with Power BI and Tableau. A TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required, with duties spanning data science across large datasets and enterprise environments.