Sr. Staff / Senior Data Scientist

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

SciTec is seeking a highly skilled Data Scientists to join our analytics team working on an innovative contract supporting NGA leveraging cutting-edge technologies from Dayton, OH . This role will be responsible for delivering automation to key national security missions interacting with petabyte-scale data on supercomputing resources.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and process massive structured and unstructured datasets
• Build ML models and automated systems like recommendation and scoring tools
• Perform statistical analysis and data mining to create predictive systems
• Visualize insights using Microsoft Office, Tableau, Python, R
• Develop ML prototype solutions with TensorFlow, PyTorch etc.
• Evaluate model performance by applying data science and math
• Design, develop, and test ML applications using Python, Linux, Docker
• Brief methodology and results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with teams to share best practices and domain knowledge
• Collaborate across teams to articulate key findings
• Work independently with minimal oversight
• Guide more junior team members
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Minimum 5 years experience
• Significant experience as a Data Scientist or advanced analytical role
• Expertise in Python, R, SQL, statistics, data mining
• Deep understanding of ML and deep learning techniques
• Expert at communicating complex insights
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:

• Deep understanding of SciML
• Significant experience with MLOps
• Significant Experience with Petabyte scale data sets
• Significant Experience with large-scale, multi-INT analytics
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or a quantitative field

Benefits

SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
• 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
• 80% company paid Dental insurance
• 100% company paid Vision insurance
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
• Flexible work hours

The pay range for this position is $111,000 - $151,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.