Senior Principal Data Scientist - TS/SCI Data Architect

Northrop Grumman; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Data Scientist to support NASIC at Wright Patterson AFB. The role focuses on assessing data management, designing scalable architectures, and implementing lifecycle governance for high-assurance data assets.

The candidate will leverage machine learning, analytics, and visualization tools to deliver actionable intelligence insights, while guiding data initiatives aligned with IC mission goals. Security clearance is required, with onsite work at NASIC.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience with high school or 8+ with bachelor’s or 6+ with master’s.
• Experience with IC data requirements and related challenges.
• Experience aligning data initiatives with DoW strategic goals and IC mission objectives.
• Experience in data lifecycle management, including governance, quality, and security.
• Experience designing scalable, secure data architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases and data warehousing.
• Experience using data visualization tools to present insights.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Aid in assessing the current state of data management within NSIC.
• Provide recommendations for robust data infrastructure and architecture.
• Implement a comprehensive data lifecycle management framework.
• Establish mechanisms for ensuring data quality and integrity across sources.
• Leverage advanced analytics techniques to derive actionable insights.
• Identify training programs and capacity building initiatives.

Skills

SQL

NoSQL

Tableau

Power BI

Cloud computing

Data architectures

Data governance

Data quality

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

High school diploma

Tools

JMP

MATLAB

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Data Scientist to support NASIC at Wright Patterson AFB. The role focuses on assessing data management, designing scalable architectures, and implementing lifecycle governance for high-assurance data assets.

The candidate will leverage machine learning, analytics, and visualization tools to deliver actionable intelligence insights, while guiding data initiatives aligned with IC mission goals. Security clearance is required, with onsite work at NASIC.