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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Exploitation Specialist/Data Scientist - Senior

Salary

$92,300 - $166,850 per year

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Description

We are seeking an Exploitation Specialist/Data Scientist - Senior to support our customer in Springfield, Virginia. The successful candidate will be responsible for collecting, processing, and analyzing data, as well as integrating and maintaining data in a database management system.

Responsibilities:

  • Collect, process, and analyze data
  • Integrate, centralize, and maintain data in a DBMS
  • Clean, condition, and organize data
  • Perform ad hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner
  • Communicate complex quantitative analysis using storytelling and visualization
  • Create, deploy, and maintain cloud applications to support data migration and production processes
  • Create, deploy, and maintain tools to extract features, data, and metadata from various sources
  • Write and maintain Python scripts in ArcGIS to improve production process efficiency
  • Support business process re-engineering and data conversion/migration

Basic Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master's degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
  • Quantitative BS + 10 yrs or quantitative MS + 7 yrs
  • Programming skills in Python, Pig, Java, JS, SQL, R
  • Experience with spatial analysis, data mining, database structures, and visualization
  • Statistical and mathematical modeling experience
  • Experience managing data science projects, data mining, and spatio-temporal analysis
  • Familiarity with Docker, Jupyter Hub, and GIT
  • Experience with big data processing and analytics using Databricks, Apache Spark, or similar
  • Active TS/SCI with ability to be approved for a Poly

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Quantitative PhD
  • Experience with deep learning for data science
  • Proficiency in 2+ programming languages, 2+ data visualization tools, and 2+ cloud technologies
  • Windows/Linux command line interface (CLI) experience
  • Demonstrated IC experience

Skills

Required

Nice to have

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