Senior Data Scientist - Acquisition and Sustainment

Senior-Level Data Scientist

Redhorse is transforming how the Department of Defense (DoD) utilizes data and technology. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior-Level Data Scientist to join our team supporting the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). You will play a critical role in advancing data-driven decision-making across the DoD, designing and implementing robust data solutions that directly impact national security initiatives and investments. This is a high-impact position offering significant opportunity to shape the future of DoD data management and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Support acquisition missions by extracting insights from structured and unstructured datasets.
• Build predictive and prescriptive models to inform decision-makers and commanders.
• Translate analytic outputs into clear, mission-relevant recommendations.
• Develop machine learning, statistical, and optimization models.
• Conduct feature engineering, validation, and performance tuning.
• Clean, normalize, and integrate data from multiple classified and unclassified sources.
• Ensure compliance with data governance standards aligned with DoD data strategies.
• Understand how enterprise-level efforts align with the DoW Data Strategy.

Required Experience/Clearance

• Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years of experience, or a Master's degree plus 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with big data systems, including Apache Spark and Databricks.
• Experience with ETL processes.
• Experience with the Advana Data Environment.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or MilCloud 2.0.
• Experience engineering data pipelines across multiple security domains/classified networks.
• Experience with multiple coding languages.
• Active Secret security clearance.

Redhorse Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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Redhorse Corporation shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Redhorse's changing needs.

This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate in Redhorse's sole discretion.