Senior Principal Data Scientist — Mission-Critical Analytics

General Dynamics - IT; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

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Job summary

IronEagleX is seeking a Senior Principal Data Scientist in Crystal City, VA to develop analytic solutions from large, complex datasets and translate findings into capabilities for mission support.

You will work with analysts, software developers, and stakeholders to build repeatable pipelines, validate analytic methods, and deliver structured outputs for decision-making. On-site in Crystal City, VA with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building analytic solutions with Python.
• Experience with large, complex datasets and reproducible analysis workflows.
• Ability to translate analytic results into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work with analysts, software developers, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement structured, repeatable data analysis across large, disparate datasets.
• Explore and characterize unfamiliar datasets to determine analytic approaches.
• Develop and maintain analytic tooling to automate recurring workflows.
• Develop and evaluate applied statistical and ML approaches for classification, clustering, anomaly detection, and predictions.
• Establish validation methods, thresholds, and measures of confidence for analytic results.
• Build dashboards and lightweight GUIs to support data exploration and model evaluation.
• Create analyst-ready outputs translating findings into decision-oriented insights.
• Collaborate with analysts, engineers to convert prototypes into reusable pipelines.
• Document assumptions, methodologies, and limitations to promote reproducibility.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine learning

Workflow design

Entity resolution

Data integration

Experimentation

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

SciPy

scikit-learn

Trino

PostgreSQL

Hive

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Job description

IronEagleX is seeking a Senior Principal Data Scientist in Crystal City, VA to develop analytic solutions from large, complex datasets and translate findings into capabilities for mission support.

You will work with analysts, software developers, and stakeholders to build repeatable pipelines, validate analytic methods, and deliver structured outputs for decision-making. On-site in Crystal City, VA with travel as needed.