Top Secret Data Scientist - ML for AML & National Security

THE BISON GROUP LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Bison Group LLC in Washington, DC seeks a data scientist to design and deploy ML models on BSA/AML data, perform EDA, feature engineering, and model validation. You will work with compliance teams to translate regulations into analytics and deliver actionable insights through robust visualizations.

Expect collaboration across teams, documentation of data pipelines, and adherence to standards. A TS clearance is required; experience with cloud services and large datasets is essential.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of work experience as data scientist with strong knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning experience using Python and R
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud-native services (S3, RDS, OpenSearch, Lambda) and BSA data
• Design, develop, and deploy ML models to detect financial crime patterns using BSA/AML data
• Perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model validation with Python, PySpark, Pandas and R
• Collaborate with compliance analysts to translate requirements into data analyses
• Produce visualizations and written findings for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Maintain documentation for data pipelines and model logic

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and statistical algorithms to detect financial crime patterns using BSA/AML transaction data
• Perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model validation using Python / Jupyter Notebook, PySpark, Pandas and R
• Demonstrate experience with SQL for complex querying and analyze large-scale structured and unstructured datasets stored in AWS S3, PostgreSQL RDS, OpenSearch instance
• Collaborate with compliance analysts to translate regulatory and investigative requirements into data analyses and analytical models
• Produce visualizations and written findings for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Maintain documentation for data pipelines, model logic, and analytical findings in accordance with agency or organizational standards
• Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to best practices for reproducible data science workflows

Skills

Python

AWS

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data visualization

BSA/AML data

SQL

OpenSearch

Jupyter Notebook

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related quantitative field

Tools

AWS S3

OpenSearch

PostgreSQL

RDS

Jupyter Notebook

Job description

The Bison Group LLC in Washington, DC seeks a data scientist to design and deploy ML models on BSA/AML data, perform EDA, feature engineering, and model validation. You will work with compliance teams to translate regulations into analytics and deliver actionable insights through robust visualizations.

Expect collaboration across teams, documentation of data pipelines, and adherence to standards. A TS clearance is required; experience with cloud services and large datasets is essential.