Data Scientist - Cleared (All Level)

Data Scientist - SETA

Noblis-ESI is seeking a Data Scientist - SETA to provide analytic, technical, and advisory support our client in Chantilly VA. The selected candidate will help advance mission-critical initiatives by applying data science, modeling, and analytic tradecraft to enhance enterprise capabilities, inform senior decision-making, and drive innovation across the Directorate community.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, refine, and operationalize statistical, machine learning, and predictive models to support enterprise Directorate decisions.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA), feature engineering, and data quality assessments across diverse mission datasets.
• Build reproducible analytic workflows and pipelines to support enterprise-level assessments and long-term analytic baselines.
• Provide analytic insights to customer leadership on system performance, collection strategies, and future architecture planning.
• Evaluate system- and enterprise-level tradeoffs using quantitative methods, simulation outputs, and mission modeling tools.
• Support enterprise integration activities by translating complex analytic findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Work with structured and unstructured data from multiple NRO and IC sources, ensuring proper handling, transformation, and integration.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, and analytic products that clearly communicate trends, uncertainties, and mission impacts.
• Implement best practices for data governance, metadata tagging, and analytic reproducibility.
• Partner with government leads, system engineers, modelers, and mission analysts across the organization.
• Present analytic results to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior government officials.
• Contribute to working groups, tiger teams, and enterprise-level studies supporting customer priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or related field. Alternatively, demonstrate an additional 4 years of related experience per level if no bachelor's degree is held.
• Demonstrated experience applying statistical analysis, machine learning, or quantitative modeling to complex datasets.
• Proficiency with Python, R, or similar analytic languages.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Plotly, matplotlib).
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.

Junior-Level:

• Bachelor's degree and 0 years, OR Master's degree and 0 years OR, Associate and 3 years OR High School/GED Diploma and 6 years.
• Compensation: $82,500 - $141,775

Mid-Level:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years, OR Master's degree and 3 years OR, Associate and 8 years OR High School/GED Diploma and 11 years.
• Compensation: $120,700 - $188,725

Senior-Level:

• Bachelor's degree and 10 years, OR Master's degree and 8 years OR, Associate and 13 years OR High School/GED Diploma and 16 years
• Compensation: $146,200 - $228,400

Desired Qualifications:

• Degree in a quantitative or technical field.
• Experience supporting NRO, NGA, or other IC mission partners.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, C2S, GovCloud) and distributed computing.
• Knowledge of mission modeling tools, simulation frameworks, or GEOINT performance metrics.
• Background in operations research, optimization, or decision science.