Senior Data Scientist

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For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

• Design, build, and deploy machine learning models and advanced analytical algorithms to support business objectives.
• Develop scalable data science solutions, from conceptualization to production-level implementation.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using programming languages such as Python and Java.
• Conduct rigorous statistical analysis, including variability assessment, sampling error evaluation, inference, hypothesis testing, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and application of linear modeling techniques.
• Perform comprehensive data management activities such as data cleaning, transformation, mining, modeling, and quality assurance.
• Apply artificial intelligence concepts and modern machine learning techniques to solve complex business challenges.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end data analytics workflows, ensuring robust data flow architectures and efficient processing pipelines.
• Clearly communicate methodologies, insights, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences through reports, presentations, and visualizations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of relevant experience.
• Hands‑on experience scripting in Python.
• Strong understanding of statistical methods, machine learning algorithms, and AI concepts.
• Experience with data engineering practices and analytics workflow development.
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities and strong communication skills.

Security Clearance: A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement: The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $

Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates.

At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting