Data Scientist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in the development, testing, and enhancement of forecasting and analytics models for ammunition consumption and resupply.

• Maintain and improve Vantage-based analytics, dashboards, and data products, including the integration of new data sources.

• Aid in the integration and validation of data into Vantage pipelines to centralize munitions data.

• Perform descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics on historical ammunition consumption and unit forecast data.

• Identify trends, anomalies, and areas for enhancement.

• Facilitate requirement-gathering sessions with logisticians, ammunition subject matter experts (SMEs), and government stakeholders.

• Define analytical use cases, data requirements, and enhancements for models.

• Create and sustain reproducible analytical workflows utilizing Python, SQL, and related tools.

• Document model logic, assumptions, and constraints.

• Assist in monitoring the performance of models and key metrics.

• Prepare visualizations and summary analyses to aid leadership decision-making, including monthly status reports and briefings.

• Support project backlog management by drafting and updating user stories and technical tasks related to data science initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, business analytics, or a related field.

• 2–5 years of experience in data science, analytics, or a closely related area.

• Proven experience with Python (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, numpy) and SQL for data preparation, analysis, and basic modeling.

• Experience in building and validating regression, time series, or classification models.

• Experience working with large, structured datasets in relational databases or data warehouses.

• Strong quantitative and critical thinking abilities; capable of translating ambiguous business inquiries into analytical problems and solutions.

• Ability to communicate analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and adept at working in an Agile environment with changing priorities.

• Active or attainable SECRET clearance; only U.S. Citizens can obtain a clearance.

• Experience supporting an enterprise data analytics platform (e.g., Army Vantage, Army Data Platform, or similar) is preferred.

• Familiarity with Army logistics processes, ammunition management, or supply chain analytics is preferred.

• Experience with dashboarding/BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or Vantage-native visualization tools) is preferred.

• Experience with version control (e.g., Git) and Agile/Scrum methodologies (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) is preferred.

• Exposure to ML model monitoring and MLOps concepts is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Collaborative and supportive work environment.

• Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies.