What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2500984
Location: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, US
Date Posted: 2025-01-23
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Data Scientist
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC has a contingent opening for a Data Scientist supporting a large highly visible Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic Data Center and Cloud Hosting Service Program. Ideal candidates are people who thrive in a highly challenging fully integrated government and private sector program team. Candidates must be capable of multitasking, possess highly refined communication skills and who are capable of presenting information in a variety of forums for the program team to include integrated product team level and above.
Work is performed on site in North Charleston, SC. This program is contingent upon award news in March/April 2025.
Qualifications
Required Clearance: Active Secret clearance
Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Required Experience: Three (3) years of notable experience with software integration or testing, including analyzing and implementing test plans and scripts; have experience with frequent scripting language use, such as Python and R and using packages commonly used in data science applications or advanced analytics; and have notable experience with data science, data mining, statistics, or graph algorithms to support analytics objectives. Individual shall have experience applying Structured Query Language (SQL), Non Structured Query Language (NoSQL), Application Program Interface (API) Building, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines, Web Application Servers, or Search Index; experience using programming languages and products such as Python, Jupyter Notebook, Pandas, Numpy, Requests, or Antigravity; experience applying complex mathematical and statistical concepts; experience applying statistical and operations research methods and tools; and experience employing spreadsheets for data manipulation and visualization.
Required Certs: At least one (1) of the following depending on tasking, individual shall have industry certification such as: CompTIA Security , CompTIA, Cloud Essentials/Microsoft Technical Associate (MTA)/Certificate of Cloud Security (CCSK)/CompTIA A /EMC Data Science Associate (EMCDSA)/Cloudera Certified Data Scientist (CCDH)/Certified Apache Hadoop Developer (HCAHD) (Hortonworks)/ Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)/Certified Cloud Professional (CCP) (Cloudera)/Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)/Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)/Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE)/Private Cloud/Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) (Cloudera).
Plus: Individual shall meet the latest Cybersecurity workforce certification/training in accordance with DoD 8570.1M and subsequent DoD 8140 manual as applicable. Additionally, depending on tasking, individual shall be certified as Information Assurance Management (IAM) or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) or Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level I or II (position-based).
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
