Senior Data Scientist - Operational Analytics

Peraton Labs; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton Labs in Herndon, Virginia is looking for a Data Scientist to support key analytics initiatives. The ideal candidate will analyze complex data to derive actionable insights while collaborating closely with leadership and stakeholders. Relevant experience in FAA and operational analyses is preferred.

The role offers a competitive salary range from $104,000 to $166,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Science or related field.
• Experience analyzing complex datasets for decision-making.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze workstream and operational data for insights.
• Define metrics and decision-support views for dashboards.
• Communicate findings and implications to stakeholders.

Skills

Data analysis

Python

R

SQL

Statistical analysis

Predictive modeling

Education

BS/BA in relevant field

MS/MA in relevant field

PhD in relevant field

Tools

Jupyter Notebooks

Analytical tools

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton Labs is seeking a Data Scientist to support the BNATCS CTO Advanced Analytics and Digital Command Center teams by transforming complex workstream, program, schedule, requirements, and operational data into trusted metrics, analytical insights, and decision‑support products.

This role will support the analytics foundation behind the Digital Command Center (DCC) by helping interpret, model, visualize, and operationalize complex workstream data. You will work closely with CTO leadership and mission stakeholders to transform raw and evolving program data into actionable insights, dashboards, metrics, and analytics products that support FAA modernization objectives.

The ideal candidate for this role brings strong analytical judgment, cognitive flexibility, hands‑on comfort with data, and the ability to understand both the technical structure of data and the operational meaning behind it. Candidates for this role should be able to analyze, reason, and communicate well enough to contribute to analytics workflows, dashboard logic, data validation, and integration activities supporting the consolidated data environment that feeds the program’s agentic AI engine.

Experience with FAA, NAS, Aviation, air traffic operations, transportation, safety‑critical systems, or large‑scale modernization data is highly relevant to this position.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze workstream, requirements, IMS, schedule, risk, operational, and program data to identify trends, dependencies, gaps, anomalies, and decision‑relevant insights
• Define operational metrics, KPIs, analytical logic, thresholds, and decision‑support views for Digital Command Center dashboards and advanced analytics products
• Assess the quality, completeness, consistency, and usability of data made available through enterprise data repositories
• Partner with data architects and data engineers to identify data gaps, transformation needs, metadata requirements, and analytics‑readiness issues
• Support ai‑enabled analytics workflows by helping define trusted data inputs, context, validation criteria, and human‑in‑the‑loop review considerations
• Develop notebooks, scripts, SQL queries, statistical analyses, models, and reusable analytical artifacts to support data exploration and decision‑making
• Translate ambiguous operational questions into structured analysis, measurable metrics, and clear recommendations
• Communicate assumptions, limitations, findings, and implications to technical teams, program leadership, and mission stakeholders

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA, 6+ years with a MS/MA, or 3+ with a PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related technical discipline
• Experience analyzing complex structured, semi‑structured, operational, program, or business datasets to support decision‑making
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, or similar analytical tools, with the ability to develop notebooks, scripts, queries, and reusable analysis artifacts
• Experience with exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, statistical analysis, trend analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, classification, clustering, or predictive modeling
• Experience defining or supporting metrics, KPIs, dashboards, reports, or decision‑support products
• Ability to assess data quality, completeness, consistency, and analytical usefulness
• Ability to translate ambiguous operational and stakeholder questions into structured analyses and measurable outputs
• US Citizenship

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on‑camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.

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