Data Scientist - Manager

Join Dezign Concepts LLC in Chantilly, VA (onsite) and support a pilot focused on synthetic media (deepfake) detection. In this role, you will help integrate Sponsor-selected COTS SaaS AI/ML solutions into real production workflows, contribute forensic multimedia expertise, and support evaluation activities that support adoption.

What you'll get

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Social Events and Team Building Activities
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K
• Tuition Assistance

Responsibilities

• Support integration of a Sponsor-selected COTS solution into Sponsor workflows and IT systems
• Communicate, document, and coordinate integration, evaluation, and results reporting for the COTS solution as needed
• Develop requirements supporting full potential adoption of detection technology
• Interface with existing Sponsor workflows and workforce, along with COTS vendor technical points of contact
• Provide forensic multimedia expertise
• Support evaluation activities including developing, executing, and reporting on test use cases

Requirements

• Must Be a US Citizen
• Active Top Secret SCI with Poly
• Demonstrated experience providing system engineering support for integration, coordination, and documentation of new COTS capabilities in a customer environment
• Demonstrated experience providing data science support for evaluation of new AI/ML capabilities in a customer environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting and developing systems leveraging cloud services and cloud infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience conducting forensics of multimedia (images, videos, and audio)
• Demonstrated experience with current deepfake creation and detection methods

Technologies you'll work with

• COTS, SaaS
• AI/ML
• Cloud services and cloud infrastructure

Optional skills

• Demonstrated project management experience
• Demonstrated experience using MS Teams
• Demonstrated experience supporting lifecycle processes related to publicly available information collected to address a specific requirement
• Demonstrated experience supporting work in an existing Sponsor environment relating to the collection and processing of publicly available information

Security note: This position requires an existing Top Secret Clearance and Polygraph .

Compensation: USD 250,000 per year.