Senior Data Scientist, DoD ORSA & Supply Chain Analytics

Kids for the Future; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 128,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Knowesis is seeking a Senior Data Scientist / ORSA to apply data science and operations research methods to forecast and prevent disruptions in military pharmaceutical and medical materiel supply chains. The role focuses on mining diverse data sources, building predictive models, and delivering actionable, data-driven recommendations to government decision-makers.

The position requires an active Secret clearance, US citizenship, and a Master's degree with at least seven years of relevant

Qualifications

• Master's degree in ORSA, data science, or related field.
• 7+ years of data science / ORSA experience, DoD or federal program preferred.
• Proficiency in Python or R, SQL, and data viz tools.
• Experience with predictive modeling, risk scoring, stochastic simulation, network/optimization.
• Experience mining multi-source datasets (commercial, federal, open source).
• US citizenship and an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Mine and fuse large multi-source datasets to characterize pharmaceutical and medical materiel supply chains.
• Develop technical profiles of key products and suppliers to identify risks.
• Build predictive models and vulnerability algorithms that integrate risk vectors.
• Formulate data-driven risk-scoring methodologies for suppliers and manufacturers.
• Design, build, and maintain advanced analytic dashboards for leadership.
• Apply ORSA and data science methods to forecast shortages and failures.
• Execute stochastic simulations and stress-test logistics networks against disruption scenarios.
• Support studies, modeling and tabletop exercises using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Data visualization

Predictive modeling

Stochastic simulation

Network optimization

Communication

Education

Master's degree in operations research, data science, statistics, applied mathematics, industrial engineering, or related quantitative field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

Knowesis is seeking a Senior Data Scientist / ORSA to apply data science and operations research methods to forecast and prevent disruptions in military pharmaceutical and medical materiel supply chains. The role focuses on mining diverse data sources, building predictive models, and delivering actionable, data-driven recommendations to government decision-makers.

The position requires an active Secret clearance, US citizenship, and a Master's degree with at least seven years of relevant