Description
Leidos is seeking a Data Scientist to support its team in Alexandria, VA. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and implementing the data architecture for all Program data.
The Data Scientist shall support the maintenance and implementation of the data architecture for all Program data. This position requires experience with databases, cloud architecture, and compliance with data standards. This position is responsible for maintaining data backend workflows that allow for the movement of data across security domains and across systems.
Primary Responsibilities
- Assist in the creation of the necessary data pipelines to store and process data related to emergent sensors and platforms.
- Develop workflows to enable API-based movement of data related to the sensors between data platforms as directed by the government.
- Ensure all sensor data adheres to Government directed data schemas, formats, and governance requirements.
- Assess potential differences in metadata, data format, and data structure characteristics in regards to changes to databases, schemas, APIs, and other ETL related processes for the ingestion and movement of data when integrating into the existing data operations pipeline.
- Determine how to pre-process and standardize the data to match existing data standards or to be transformed into a usable state for labeling and model testing purposes.
Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases and cloud architectures.
- Experience leveraging APIs to query systems and migrate data.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences.
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Java.
- Experience developing and sustaining operational data pipelines supporting multiple data formats and interfaces.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with NGA IT enterprise solutions (e.g., NGA CORE, NGA MLOps), Government Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, and Government Non-Person Entity (NPE) certificates.
- Experience implementing processes, standards, and tools within an organization based on the Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise.
- Experience developing dynamic visualizations to monitor availability, currency and volumetrics of operational data pipelines.
The pay range for this position is $92,300.00 - $166,850.00.