Senior Spatial Data Scientist - Cloud Analytics

Leidos LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Springfield, VA is seeking a Senior Exploitation Specialist/Data Scientist to drive data-driven decisions for mission teams. You will collect and process data, develop cloud-enabled tools, and present results with compelling visuals. Expect advanced analytics, modeling, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualified candidates typically hold a quantitative degree with 8+ years of experience; PhD preferred. A TS/SCI with poly is desired for this role at Leidos.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher with substantial relevant experience in data science and analytics.
• Strong programming, data mining, visualization and modeling skills.
• Experience managing data science projects and big data processing.

Responsibilities

• Collect, process and analyze data; build data pipelines and tools.
• Integrate data in DBMS and deploy cloud applications for data migration.
• Create features and metadata extraction across diverse sources.
• Write Python scripts in ArcGIS to improve workflow efficiency.
• Communicate complex analysis clearly with storytelling and visuals.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Data visualization

Databricks

Apache Spark

Docker

Jupyter Hub

ML & statistics

Cloud technologies

Storytelling

2+ programming languages

2+ data visualization tools

2+ cloud technologies

Windows/Linux CLI

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8–12 years

Master’s degree + 6–10 years

Quantitative BS + 10 yrs

Quantitative MS + 7 yrs

Preferred Quantitative PhD

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Job description

Leidos in Springfield, VA is seeking a Senior Exploitation Specialist/Data Scientist to drive data-driven decisions for mission teams. You will collect and process data, develop cloud-enabled tools, and present results with compelling visuals. Expect advanced analytics, modeling, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualified candidates typically hold a quantitative degree with 8+ years of experience; PhD preferred. A TS/SCI with poly is desired for this role at Leidos.