Job Description
Description
SAIC has an immediate opening for a Data Scientist that is looking to be a Team Lead. The ideal candidate for this role is a skilled data scientist, engineer, or software developer with experience leading a team of data scientists and software developers to research and develop new analytical techniques and tools. The Team Lead should possess an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness since they will apply and/or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts.
If you are selected for this role, you will be responsible for working closely with Customer and Program Management to establish strategic plans and objectives in designing the project’s overall machine learning, artificial intelligence, and software development strategy. Here are some other things you will do:
- Manage and mentor team members to complete project tasks on time
- Translate mission needs into an end-to-end analytical approach to achieve results
- Collaborate with other scientists and domain experts on the team
- Determine the appropriate analytics based on the data and the desired outcomes, using techniques including feature detection, statistics, data mining, predictive modeling, machine learning, natural language processing, and business intelligence
- Interpret the validity of results and communicate the meaning of those results
- Understand data wrangling, analytics, and visualization software and programming languages, including analytics methods for big data
Qualifications
Must have a current/active
TS/SCI with Polygraph
Minimum of
20 years of overall relevant technical experience, or 15 years of experience plus
a Master’s Degree in a relevant field
Must have
minimum of 10 years of experience applying data science and engineering
practices
3 or more
years of experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience
as a team lead or manager strongly preferred, but not required
Ability to multi-task
and successfully manage multiple projects and deadlines
Experience coding
with Python
Ability to
exercise strong analytical judgement in framing the problem and selecting the
right tools, while avoiding unnecessary complexity. Ability to analyze,
prioritize, and effectively problem
solve, synthesize large amounts of data/information
Strong
communication and briefing skills; ability to communicate technical information
to non-technical audiences
Experience writing
technical intelligence reports
Experience
designing and maintaining software applications and data storage in a cloud
environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience
with agile/scrum project management
Overview
SAIC is a premier technology integrator solving our nation's modernization and readiness challenges. Our offerings across defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets include high-end solutions in engineering, IT, and mission outcomes. We integrate the best components from our portfolio with our partner's ecosystem to deliver innovative and effective solutions. We are 25,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, VA, SAIC has annual revenues of nearly $7.1 billion. For information, visit saic.com or Working at SAIC for benefits details. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer empowering people no matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We strive to create a diverse, inclusive and respectful work culture that values all.
