DoW Data Scientist – War Data Platform

Position overview

War Data Platform and analytics

• Develop solutions for large-scale analysis of operational, logistics, personnel, and readiness data.
• Design workflows fusing multi-domain data and implement repeatable modeling, automation, and analytics pipelines for secure DoD environments.
• Build and maintain Foundry pipelines, transforms, ontologies, and code-workbook integrations.
• Develop Advana dashboards, visual analytics, and decision-support tools using PySpark, SQL, and platform-native frameworks.
• Perform exploratory data analysis and build predictive, prescriptive, statistical, and machine-learning models for forecasting, optimization, readiness, and operational planning.
• Ingest, clean, fuse, and normalize structured and unstructured DoD datasets; develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and automated workflows with CI/CD patterns.
• Collaborate across mission teams, advise senior leaders, and communicate complex findings as operationally meaningful insights.

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and clearance eligibility are required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 5–10+ years in data science, machine learning, data engineering, or advanced analytics.
• Direct experience developing analytic products in Foundry and/or Advana; deep hands-on knowledge of the War Data Platform, architecture, and workflows.
• Experience supporting DoD programs, warfighter missions, or secure data platforms and working in secure cloud environments with governance controls.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, PySpark, major data-science libraries, and Power BI; Qlik Sense development and integration experience.
• Ability to build advanced machine-learning and statistical models and communicate insights clearly.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Experience with operational, logistics, readiness, wargaming, or campaign-modeling datasets.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, containerized workloads, Jupyter, Spark clusters, or data-orchestration frameworks.

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Benefits

• The posting describes a comprehensive benefits package, including health-care coverage and insurance.