AI Data Scientist

AI Data ScientistOwn your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers' most complex challenges. As an AI Data Scientist at GDIT, you'll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As an AI Data Scientist, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customers. You will play a crucial role in the following:Serve as the technical and strategic backbone of our AI-powered customer engagement and analytics ecosystem.Design, build, and maintain advanced RAG and LLM-driven capabilities that power our virtual agents and knowledge systems, while also delivering polished, user-centric dashboards and analytics products that drive decisions across the business.Architect scalable data pipelines, develop intuitive front-end experiences using Next.js, and integrate complex authentication and AI workflows with minimal oversight.Translate intricate technical and analytical insights into clear, compelling presentations for leadership, collaborate closely with business partners to understand needs, and deliver end-to-end solutions that are both innovative and production-ready.Combine AI systems expertise with engineering fundamentals, excellent storytelling skills, and a passion for building high-impact, future-ready tools.WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The AI Data Scientist must have:Education: Bachelor of Science2+ years of related experience5+ years of related experience at Senior levelRequired Skills:Experience in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) design, optimization, and troubleshooting, including embeddings, vector databases, chunking strategies, and retrieval tuning.Applied experience with LLM integration, prompt engineering, function calling, and building or enhancing conversational AI interfaces or custom AI agents.Ability to design, build, and maintain advanced analytics dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar) with strong grounding in BI best practices, data modeling, and data quality.Experience developing scalable front-end applications using Next.js and modern JavaScript frameworks, with strong UI/UX sensibilities for data products.Ability to architect and maintain data pipelines, ingestion workflows, and analytics platforms, including parsing complex content (HTML, PDFs, embedded images) for search or RAG use.Proven ability to build AI-powered analytics features, automated insights, and conversational interfaces for business intelligence applications.Experience designing, implementing, and evolving AI/LLM metrics, telemetry, and performance reporting frameworks.Ability to translate complex technical or analytical work into clear stories, compelling presentations, and demos for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.Experienced at partnering with business units to understand needs and deliver high-impact, user-centric data and AI products.Capable of owning full life-cycle development—from ideation and prototyping through deployment, iteration, and long-term maintenance—with minimal oversight.Backend or full-stack engineering foundation with experience building APIs, microservices, cloud-based deployments, and observability/debugging workflows.Familiarity with vector stores (Pinecone, Chroma, Weaviate, Azure Cognitive Search), LLM model behavior, and RAG workflow integration.Demonstrated autonomy, innovative thinking, and ability to deliver high-quality, production-ready systems quickly.Familiarity integrating authentication systems (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) and connecting to third-party identity providers such as ID.me or Clear.Security Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret clearanceUS Citizenship RequiredLocation: State of LouisianaCandidates who reside within the state of Louisiana and are within 60 miles of GDIT's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, LA will follow a hybrid work modelCandidates who reside within the state of Louisiana and are more than 60 miles from GDIT's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, LA will follow a remote work modelGDIT IS YOUR PLACE At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunitiesSupport: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goalsRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time offFlexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at homeCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplaceOWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.The likely salary range for this position is $75,650 - $102,350. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40Travel Required: Less than 10%Telecommuting Options: HybridWork Location: USA LA Bossier CityAdditional Work Locations: USA LA Home Office (LAHOME)Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.Our Identity Verification Process: As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work: We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.