Senior Data Scientist - Defense Analytics (Secret Clearance)

Maximus; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 153,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Career development

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support USSOCOM POTFF, identifying innovative data-driven solutions to improve SOF well-being and family support. Requires active Secret clearance or eligibility and U.S. citizenship.

The role spans multiple POTFF domains, delivering SME guidance, data capture for initiatives, and collaboration with POTFF staff and supported units to enhance analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Statistics, Math, OR, CS, ML or related field (7+ years).
• 7+ years in data analysis/science with data-driven decision making.
• Strong ML knowledge: k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Trees, etc.
• Experience with data science toolkits and visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Interpret results using aggregation, statistics, data mining and pattern recognition.
• Select features and refine classifiers with modern ML techniques.
• Serve as SME in data and analytics for analysts and stakeholders.
• Identify suitable decision tech tools: optimization, simulation, regression, trees, neural nets.

Skills

Machine learning

SQL

Statistical methods

Data analysis

Data visualization

Independent work

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Statistics/Math/OR/CS/ML

Tools

SQL tooling

Data visualization tools

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support USSOCOM POTFF, identifying innovative data-driven solutions to improve SOF well-being and family support. Requires active Secret clearance or eligibility and U.S. citizenship.

The role spans multiple POTFF domains, delivering SME guidance, data capture for initiatives, and collaboration with POTFF staff and supported units to enhance analytics capabilities.