Description
Leidos is seeking a Data Scientist to join their growing team in St. Louis, MO. The successful candidate will provide data management and automation support to a specialized imagery and geospatial analysis division within a government or enterprise organization.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide data management and automation support to a specialized imagery and geospatial analysis division within a government or enterprise organization.
- Assist with developing a modernized data management workflow supporting multiple organizational programs.
- Collaborate with senior data scientists, database developers, and analysts to implement and sustain updated database processes and workflows.
- Research and document existing data management practices, procedures, and system dependencies.
- Help design improved workflows with automation incorporated from the outset.
- Ensure new workflows integrate effectively with modern database applications and enterprise-level application programming interfaces.
- Enhance existing models and simulations involving production, monitoring, and change-detection data.
- Support additional data management and modernization initiatives as required.
- Develop code and scripts, including the conversion of legacy applications written in multiple programming languages into Python-based solutions.
- Implement enterprise database management standards, processes, and controls.
- Automate repetitive data preparation, validation, transformation, and reporting tasks.
- Deliver technical solutions that apply industry best practices to modernize existing operational processes.
- Conduct data investigations using applied statistics, algorithm development, and collaboration with subject-matter experts.
- Translate complex analytical findings and operational realities into clear explanations for non-technical audiences.
- Create visualizations and dashboards from diverse data sources that are accessible and understandable to non-technical users.
Basic Qualifications
- 3-6 years’ experience in programming languages such as Python or R (statistical analysis), data preprocessing, and basic machine learning algorithms.
- Active TS/SCI with willingness to be approved for a Polygraph.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field (additional years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree).
- Working knowledge of ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcPro.
- Familiarity with common data science libraries and frameworks, PostgreSQL, Postgis, PgAdmin, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with workflow management systems, such as Flowable.
- Working knowledge of MapInfo/MapBasic GIS/database software.
- Experience with data visualization software such as Tableau.
The pay range for this job is $59,150.00 - $106,925.00.