Senior Data Scientist

Position Overview

Senior Data Scientist (Contract, Remote) – 100% remote position with iQuasar LLC.

Competitive compensation and benefits including Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, a matching 401(k) plan, and other benefits provided by the company.

• Master’s degree, PhD preferred in Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, with 5–8+ years of applied data science experience.
• Mastery of Python or R, statistical tools such as Stata, SAS and strong SQL.
• Expertise with ML algorithms (model selection, evaluation, feature engineering, etc.).
• Expertise with application of AI to deliver insights with optimal performance, cost savings, etc. using structured and unstructured data.
• Expertise with data visualization tools (Tableau, Matplotlib).
• Experience processing large datasets, deploying LLMs in government cloud data platforms (Azure ADLS/Databricks/Azure ML, or equivalents).
• Comparative understanding of LLMs (Claude, Code, ChatGPT) and tradeoffs in capabilities, cost, and performance.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to think critically and analytically to address complex research challenges.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and a bias toward rigor, clarity, and defensibility over black‑box modeling.
• Familiarity with FISMA/NIST/Zero Trust security frameworks.
• Current Principal Data Scientist (PDS) Certification.

Contract, Remote.

iQuasar, LLC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital/parental or veteran status, disability, genetic information, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, military service, or any other protected characteristics.