Data Scientist

We have an outstanding Contract position for a Data Scientist IV to join a leading Company located in the McClean, VA surrounding area.

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**US Citizenship is required.**

**Candidate must possess an ACTIVE TS/SCI (with Poly) Security Clearance.**

Our customer requires support to evaluate adherence to Intelligence Community (IC) analytic standards in intelligence products, practices, and processes. This support includes designing, testing, and administering surveys; collecting, organizing, analyzing, and presenting survey data; and preparing tailored briefings to assist in assessing IC elements, Combatant Commands, and other analytic entities' compliance with analytic standards.

Job Responsibilities:

•  Recommend survey design, testing, and administration across multiple platforms.
•  Assist customers in identifying suitable survey tools on various platforms.
•  Offer expert support in methodological, technological, and ethical aspects (e.g., ensuring
•  neutrality, precision, and repeatability of measures; conducting cost-benefit analyses of survey tools; and maintaining respondent anonymity).
• Ensure accessibility and accuracy of surveys by resolving technical issues pre-launch.
• Manage survey administration and monitor and resolve all technical issues, including accessibility problems, across platforms during the survey period.
• Consolidate data and provide integrated data analysis of survey results.
• Compile and organize element-specific free text responses and run AI/LLM tools with multiple prompts to confirm human review of the free text comments.
• Develop and present survey findings through appropriate visualization techniques and recommend presentation formats (e.g., scatter charts, donut charts, stacked column charts) to effectively communicate findings to senior management.
• Develop customized briefing materials and presentations featuring aggregate data, element specific data, and content for key stakeholders.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

• Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Expertise in survey tools and software (e.g., LimeSurvey).
• Expertise with survey data analysis methodologies and tools (Tableau, Microsoft Excel, IBM SPSS), quantitative methods, and data visualization techniques.
• Experience in providing advisement on intelligence products and processes.

Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.