Data Scientist

Job Family:

Data Science Consulting

Travel Required:

None

Clearance Required:

Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI)

What You Will Do:

This Data Scientist role will work as part of a Data & AI consulting team to support data visualization, business analytics, data management, and digital engineering processes for major Program Executive Offices (PEOs) at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). A strong understanding of data visualization is essential to help the PEOs understand how to effectively monitor their operations through reporting dashboards, tools, and the creation of data sets. This role will be located on client site and requires excellent communication skills to coordinate status updates and visualization or digital engineering initiatives. Seeking a candidate with the ability to proactively identify program needs and help the office mature its operational reporting, business analytics, and data processes in line with technology/data solutions advancement. Specific duties will include:

• Integrate, develop, and maintain analytic visualizations and tools to evaluate and communicate office status/operations.
• Work with multiple types of data sources, such as Jira, Excel, and SQL databases to develop visualizations; work with data at varying maturity levels and create relationships between disparate sources to maximize analyses.
• Interpret a wide range of data for the purpose of measuring a major technology program’s performance and impact to mission. Help communicate that performance measurement to Senior leaders and inform decisions such as investment/divestment, prioritization, and operational strategies.
• Use storytelling and user interface design methods to develop/maintain Tableau dashboards to address program management needs, catered to specific audience groups. Design dashboards to be visually appealing, intuitive, and user friendly, containing a high volume of information in concise graphics/tables/metrics.
• Manage an inventory of implemented dashboards, other analytic products and current product backlog for implementation.
• Demoing visualizations/analytic products to Agency Senior and program leadership – utilize effective communication skills to convey purpose, use cases applicability, and impact, and solicit feedback for product enhancement.
• Understanding of effective data management and data visualization project documentation such as SOPs, data definitions/dictionaries, data process flows, Confluence pages
• Help evolve program analytics with automation, connecting to unstructured sources, and other Enterprise solutions (such as data format/process to support LLM)

What You Will Need:

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance; must UPGRADE and MAINTAIN a TS/SCI with a COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (CI) polygraph
• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of EIGHT (8) years of working experience
• Demonstrated experience developing visualizations and conducting data analysis
• Demonstrated experience utilizing computer programs, software, or some coding language

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Demonstrated experience developing visualizations in Tableau
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify methods and approaches to expand and enhance the analytic capacity.
• Demonstrated experience working with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) statistical software or tools for data visualization (i.e., SPSS, SAS, MatLab, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience data mining, to include developing, manipulating, or maintaining databases.
• Experience with Python, MySQL, D3, SPSS, SAS, Visual Basic, or R to summarize statistical data and create documents, reports and presentations.
• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with various partners, stakeholders, or customers on the value of statistical and data science methods.
• Demonstrated experience embracing and participating in a culture of knowledge sharing to broaden the understanding of advanced methods.
• Understanding and/or experience developing AI/ML or working with AI platform tools

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

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