Senior Data Scientist (TS/SCI) | Mission-Critical Analytics

Ninja Analytics, Inc.; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ninja Analytics, Inc. in Ashburn, VA seeks a Senior Data Scientist (TS/SCI) to lead predictive modeling and analytics for national security challenges. Hybrid work with telework options, focusing on production-ready decision support tools.

Requires 12+ years of experience, ML/AI expertise, and strong skills in Python/R/SQL to analyze large datasets, develop models, and enable mission-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of related experience in data science or analytics.
• Experience in developing machine learning models and applying analytics to complex problems.
• Proficiency with programming languages including R, Python, Scala, Java.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on analysis and modeling, create hypotheses, assess data needs, and generate features.
• Collaborate with mission stakeholders to define challenges, scope projects, and set milestones with risk mitigation.
• Demonstrate proficiency in data cleaning, transformation, and building predictive models with supporting documentation.
• Leverage ML techniques to train, evaluate, and deploy analytics models informing mission decisions.
• Execute projects identifying patterns in large datasets, including text classification and entity recognition.
• Brief management and technical outcomes to stakeholders through written and in-person reporting.

Skills

12+ years experience

ML/AI expertise

SQL proficiency

Python/R/Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

SAS

SPSS Modeler

WEKA

Hadoop/Spark

Job description

Ninja Analytics, Inc. in Ashburn, VA seeks a Senior Data Scientist (TS/SCI) to lead predictive modeling and analytics for national security challenges. Hybrid work with telework options, focusing on production-ready decision support tools.

Requires 12+ years of experience, ML/AI expertise, and strong skills in Python/R/SQL to analyze large datasets, develop models, and enable mission-driven decisions.