Senior Data Scientist Security Clearance

Position: Senior Data Scientist with Security Clearance
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Job Description:

The Data Analy sis - Senior, leads the integration and application of advanced data analytics to solve complex business challenges and enhance mission security. The contractor will serve as a subject matter expert (SME), responsible for the entire lifecycle of data analysis-from refining business requirements and developing sophisticated analytical models to provide strategic recommendations that improve organizational efficiency and mitigate insider threats.

This role demands a blend of deep technical expertise , strong business acumen, and the ability to lead, manage, and support critical operational and policy-related initiatives. What You'll Be Doing:
* Advanced Analytics and Model Development:
Architect, develop, and maintain advanced analytic models, visualizations, and tools to deter, detect, and mitigate insider threats. Apply expert knowledge of industry-standard data science principles to identify anomalous events and provide actionable intelligence.

* Strategic Business Analysis:
Proactively collaborate with project requestors, senior stakeholders, and program managers to define, clarify, and refine complex business needs and strategic objectives. Utilize data-driven insights to recommend significant changes and process improvements.

* Process Improvement and Policy Operations:
Lead, manage, and support business operations and policy development life cycles. Serve as an SME for the development, review, coordination, promulgation, and compliance of enterprise-wide policies, including the maintenance of Self-Inspection Checklists and related documentation.

* Risk and Performance Analytics:
Own the development and maintenance of sophisticated risk-scoring models and other data analytics tools. Drive the implementation and sustainment of data analysis platforms, ensuring system integrity by capturing and analyzing metrics on system errors, failures, and performance.

* Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:
Translate complex quantitative and qualitative analysis into clear, compelling visuals, dashboards, and executive-level reports. Provide authoritative visual, technical, and editorial guidance, and confidently brief senior leadership on analytical findings, forecasts, and strategic recommendations.

* Data Governance and Integrity:
Oversee the capture, maintenance, and accumulation of statistics, ensuring the accuracy of data related to timelines, product transfers between domains, and other key performance indicators. What Required Skills You'll Bring:

* Education:

A minimum of a Master's Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Business, or a related field. 7+ years proven experience in integrating, developing, and maintaining analytic models, visualizations, and tools, preferably in a security or threat-detection context. In lieu of a masters degree, 10+ years of experience. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, 15+ years of experience

* Expert-level knowledge of data analytics and data science principles, with a demonstrated ability to apply them to identify anomalous events and create data-driven forecasts.

* Extensive experience collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to define business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

* Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives and contribute to the full lifecycle of policy development and business operations.

* Mastery of data visualization and dashboard development using data sets from various sources. Exceptional ability to transform complex data sets into compelling visuals, reports, and briefings for leadership.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience providing technical and editorial guidance.

* Direct experience supporting and maintaining risk-scoring models…