Data Scientist

Overview

DATA SCIENTIST (ARDAP):

Bowhead is seeking a Data Scientist for the upcommingArmy Data and Analytics Platform (ARDAP) effort located at Fort Belvoir, VA. This is a fast paced job managing subject matter experts and IT professionals advising executive level personnel on financial, technical, and other high-level policy areas.

Responsibilities

Lead development and implementation of analytics solutions to solve business problems and optimize mission execution.

Define and develop techniques to integrate, consolidate, and structure data for analytical use.

Research, analyze, and document technical approaches for desired outcomes.

Provide guidance in applying appropriate algorithms, solutions, and data science techniques.

Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform massive-scale data into actionable and meaningful information.

Lead development, testing, and demonstration of analytics products.

Design scalable algorithms utilizing large amounts of data and apply data mining, cluster analysis, statistical models, visualization, and machine learning to power data driven products and tools and provide useful insights.

Enable automation of queries and build tools. Design and develop piping and processing of massive data streams to facilitate analysis.

Develop graphical analysis to analyze and interpret data, update existing programs to reflect new business rules or policy changes, and develop customizable reports.

Write scripts to integrate data, conduct exploratory data analysis to discover patterns, and apply machine learning to train predictive models.

Have experience formulating recommendations and briefings and easily communicate complex ideas to high-level commanders/executives.

Have experience serving as a data scientist on complex technology implementations, and experience in large data environments with an understanding of scaling algorithms between differing environments.

Qualifications

MA/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline or Equivalent

Ten (10+) years of experience with programming languages such as Python and R; and querying languages such as SQL required

Intermediate to advanced level skills in Microsoft Office software suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts

Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment with the ability to work alone or as part of a team

Physical Demands:

Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds

Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time

Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must currently hold a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.
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Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification. In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes.

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UIC Government Services (UICGS / Bowhead) provides innovative business solutions to federal and commercial customers in the areas of engineering, maintenance services, information technology, program support, logistics/base support, and procurement. Collectively, the fast-growing Bowhead Family of Companies offers a breadth of services which are performed with a focus on quality results. Headquartered in Springfield, VA, we are a fast-growing, multi-million-dollar company recognized as a top Alaska Native Corporation providing services across the Department of Defense and many federal agencies. Bowhead offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long-term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans as well as a paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and state or contract required paid time off programs.

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ID 2024-20204

Category Program/Project Management

Location : Location US-VA-Fort Belvoir

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Secret

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Travel Requirement 10% - 25%