What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2501207-2806
Location: WACO, TX, US
Date Posted: 2025-01-29
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Data Scientist
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Data Scientist located at Fort Cavazos, Texas to support our Advanced Analytics Team to utilize the Army Vantage Data Analytics System to build/implement models, use/create algorithms and create/run simulations.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Lead and mentor more junior data scientists in support of a larger data science roadmap
- Conduct analysis of mission data applicable in multiple domains
- Formulate and interpret problems in mathematical or computational terms
- Design, develop, use, and evaluate mathematical models, methods, and algorithm application to explore concepts and solve problems for the customer
- Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software algorithms (e.g. processing-intensive analytics, novel process development, manipulation of large data sets)
- Research analysis products and tools for possible integration to enhance Analytics and AI offerings
- Create new tools and applications using a variety of software languages, frameworks, and libraries
- Improve, support, and test a MLOps framework to support other team member’s analysis work
- Refine and enhance existing applications to better meet the customer’s mission
- Code, test, and maintain internally developed mathematical software tools
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree five (5) years of relevant experience; additional four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree
- Relational database expertise in database storage, SQL queries, and primary/foreign keys
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C/C , Java, and/or JavaScript.
- Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge of providing data analytics solutions
- Hands-on experience creating algorithms and engineering tools for data processing and modeling and simulation
- Practical understanding in machine learning deployment with a focus on optimization, including theoretical and numerical methods for refinement of models
- Capability to distill complex problems into digestible structures/formats
REQUIRED CLEARANCE:
- Must be able to obtain a full Secret Clearance; Interim Secret required prior to start, SAIC will help to obtain
- Must be a Current U.S. Citizen
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.
