SAIC

Data Scientist

SAIC$90K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Business, or a related field required; 10+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
  • 6+ years in integrating, developing, and maintaining analytic models and visualizations, ideally in security or threat detection.
  • Strong analytical skills to derive business insights and contribute to performance improvement strategies.
  • Competitive stakeholder collaboration skills to refine project requests and clarify objectives.
  • Experience in analytical model development and maintenance concepts.
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills, comfortable in team environments.
  • Proficient in data visualization tools and software, including geospatial systems and coding languages like Java and Python.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and visualize data analytics using industry-standard principles and techniques.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to fine-tune project requests and define business needs.
  • Maintain and support analytical models aimed at mitigating insider threats.
  • Engage with subject matter experts to gather product and process insights for report preparation.
  • Manage data metrics to support system integrity and performance assessments.
  • Assist in policy development and communications, ensuring clarity and consistency in messaging.

Benefits

  • Work on-site at a customer location, fostering relationships and hands-on engagement.
  • Opportunity to contribute to critical security and threat mitigation initiatives.
  • Access to ongoing learning and development in advanced data science techniques.
  • Engagement in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Description

The Data Scientist will apply their technical and analytical capabilities to support key business and security objectives. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to clarify requirements, develop and maintain analytical models, and transforming data into actionable insights. The contractor must be a proficient problem-solver, capable of working both independently and collaboratively to contribute to projects that enhance organizational efficiency and support insider threat mitigation programs.

Work will be performed at the customer site in Springfield, VA.

The hiring of this position is contingent upon contract award. Anticipated award is fall of 2026.

Duties May Include:
  • Data Analysis and Visualization: Develop data analytics and visualizations by applying proven, industry-standard data science principles and techniques. Create and edit visual content, including charts, graphs, and dashboards, to transform quantitative and qualitative data sets into compelling and understandable visuals.
  • Business Process Improvement: Collaborate with project requestors, stakeholders, and project managers to refine project requests and clarify business needs and objectives. Use data analytics to form business insights, identify issues, and recommend effective ways to boost organizational efficiency.
  • Analytical Model Support: Integrate, develop, and maintain analytic models, visualizations, and tools designed to deter, detect, and mitigate insider threats. Support the sustainment of risk scoring tools and other data analysis implementations by identifying and helping to resolve system errors and failures.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with subject matter experts to learn about specific products and processes. Support the preparation of reports and briefs on analyses and dashboard functionality for various internal teams.
  • Data and Metrics Management: Capture, maintain, and accumulate statistics that show quantities and timelines for key processes, such as data transfers between domains, to support system integrity and performance monitoring.
  • Policy and Communications Support: Assist in supporting Policy Business Operations, including policy development, review, and coordination. Contribute to the creation and revision of technical documents, reports, and communications products, ensuring they integrate a common message.

Qualifications

Required Skills:
  • Education: A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Business, or a related field.
  • Experience: 6+ years Proven experience in integrating, developing, and maintaining analytic models, visualizations, and tools, preferably in a security or threat-detection context. Experience developing data analytics and visualizations using standard data science practices. In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to use data to form business insights, draw logical conclusions, and contribute to performance-improving strategies.
  • Experience in collaborating with stakeholders to clarify project needs and business objectives.
  • Familiarity with the concepts of analytical model development and maintenance.
  • Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
  • Proficiency in creating and editing visual content such as charts and graphs to represent data.
  • At least 12 months demonstrated experience in one or more Geospatial Information Systems tools such as ArcView, ArcGIS, Remote View, ArcIMS, ERDAS Imagine, Remote View, ERDAS Imagine, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Photoshop, HTML, and FrameMaker
  • Demonstrated coding experience to support writing scripts with tools such as but not limited to Java and Python.
  • Demonstrated ability to use Share Point, Tableau, Redmine, and other systems/databases to manipulate and build data visualization.
Desired Skills:
  • Experience supporting insider threat, risk scoring, or similar security-focused analytics programs.
  • Experience with policy development or process improvement initiatives.
  • Familiarity with GEOINT analysis software or Customer-specific applications.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
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