Senior Data Scientist — Cloud AI for Public Sector (Remote)

GovCIO; Olympia (WA); 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 VA data modernization. The role is fully remote within the United States, focusing on building data products, migrating workloads to the cloud, and driving AI adoption to improve military and government operations.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's in a technical field, 2+ years cloud experience (Databricks/Azure/AWS/GCP), and strong Python/SQL skills. Expect collaboration with clients, production ML, and training to upskill users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related technical discipline.
• Proficient in Python and advanced SQL for data analysis.
• 2+ years’ experience with leading cloud platforms (Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience in end-to-end data science workflow from data to production (NumPy, SciPy, MLFlow).
• Strong understanding of traditional ML toolboxes and LLMs/AI workflows.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

SQL

ML/AI concepts

Cloud platforms

LLMs/Agentic AI

Education

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

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

NumPy/SciPy/MLFlow

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Data Scientist to support VA data modernization. The role is fully remote within the United States, focusing on building data products, migrating workloads to the cloud, and driving AI adoption to improve military and government operations.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's in a technical field, 2+ years cloud experience (Databricks/Azure/AWS/GCP), and strong Python/SQL skills. Expect collaboration with clients, production ML, and training to upskill users.