Full Job Description
Maximus is seeking a Data Scientist to support the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) program. This position applies advanced analytics, statistical methods, and data visualization to improve the readiness, performance, resilience, and long-term well-being of Special Operations Forces personnel and their families.
In this role, you will convert complex operational and health data into practical insights that support evidence-based decisions and strengthen POTFF program outcomes. Your work will help advance mission readiness, resilience, and sustained performance across the Special Operations community.
U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must possess an active U.S. Government security clearance or be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required for contract performance.
This position is pending upon contract award. Candidates should be willing to support POTFF Operations at one of the following locations:
Tucson, AZ
Coronado, CA
Washington, DC Crestview, FL
Florida City, FL Fort Walton Beach, FL
Homestead, FL Niceville, FL
Riverview, FL
Tampa, FL
Fayetteville, NC Jacksonville, NC
Spring Lake, NC
Clovis, NM
Washington, DC Arlington, VA
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform hands-on data analysis and modeling with huge data sets.
- Apply data mining, NLP, and machine learning (both supervised and unsupervised) to improve relevance and personalization algorithms.
- Work side-by-side with product managers, software engineers, and designers in designing experiments and minimum viable products.
- Discover data sources, get access to them, import them, clean them up, and make them "model-ready."
- Create and refine features from the underlying data.
- Run regular A/B tests, gather data, perform statistical analysis, draw conclusions on the impact of your optimizations and communicate results to peers and leaders.
- Explore new design or technology shifts in order to determine how they might connect with the customer benefits we wish to deliver.
