TS/SCI Data Scientist - AI/ML Systems & Analytics Lead

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Data Scientist to provide SETA services for the NRO GED in Chantilly, VA, focusing on end-to-end lifecycle acquisition of AI/ML-enabled software services.

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. You will support data collection/analysis for transparency of AI/ML systems, assist government managers, and help shape future cloud-based architectures while aligning with agile practices and responsible AI principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related with 5+ years experience; Master’s with 3+; PhD with 0 related experience.
• Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph.
• 5 years of SharePoint development, site customization, and workflow automation.
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, React, and REST APIs.
• Familiarity with Power Automate, Power BI, and PowerShell scripting for automation and data management tasks.
• Experience with Git based version control; exposure to DevSecOps aligned digital engineering toolchains.
• Strong engineering background with knowledge of software architectures and machine learning approaches.
• Experience with ontologies, training dataset generation, model evaluation and validation, and responsible AI practices.
• Domain knowledge in Agile software development (Scrum, SAFe) and cloud computing architectures with monitoring via agile metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide data collection and analysis to enable transparency and explainability of AI/ML systems.
• Provide technical and engineering support to the Government customer to manage ML analytics programs; develop and scale AI/ML models.
• Provide software architecture and other technical expertise to support planning of future systems and architectures.
• Apply systems analysis to identify technical debt and efficiency trade-offs in cloud-based designs.
• Develop briefings/documentation to illustrate features/capabilities and roadmaps for computer vision tools.
• Facilitate technical/programmatic interchanges and resolve issues for innovative ML analytics capabilities.
• Work with GED SETA staff to lead the customer in acquiring modern processing applications.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS

jQuery

React

REST APIs

Power BI

PowerShell

Git version control

DevSecOps

AI/ML

Agile (Scrum/SAFe)

Cloud architectures

Ontologies / training data

Model evaluation/validation

Responsible AI

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

SharePoint

Git

Power Automate

Power BI

Job description

SAIC seeks a Data Scientist to provide SETA services for the NRO GED in Chantilly, VA, focusing on end-to-end lifecycle acquisition of AI/ML-enabled software services.

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. You will support data collection/analysis for transparency of AI/ML systems, assist government managers, and help shape future cloud-based architectures while aligning with agile practices and responsible AI principles.