About the RoleRedhorse 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.
