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Data Science & Analytics Technical Lead

Agile Defense· Data Analytics & AI – BI and Advanced Analytics
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Tampa, FLRegularPosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead the strategic integration of advanced analytics across the SOF enterprise, transforming structured and unstructured data into actionable insights for HQ Staff, Service Components, and TSOCs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex machine learning models, statistical analysis, and data mining techniques to solve advanced business problems.
  • Build and improve predictive models for customer behavior, churn prediction, demand forecasting, and other business-critical areas.
  • Conduct advanced exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover trends, patterns, and actionable insights from structured and unstructured data sources.
  • Develop and implement algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, natural language processing (NLP), and recommendation systems.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data engineering, product, and business teams, to define data science objectives and translate them into actionable projects. Communicate technical results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring data-driven strategies are clearly understood and actionable.
  • Lead efforts in feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, and model validation to ensure high model accuracy, performance, and robustness. Evaluate and apply cutting-edge machine learning frameworks, tools, and techniques to optimize workflows and drive innovation.
  • Mentor junior data scientists, providing technical guidance and promoting best practices in data science and machine learning.
  • Work with data engineers to ensure clean, accurate, and accessible data pipelines, ensuring efficient deployment of data products and models.

Qualifications

  • Typically has a Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field (masters degree or PhD strongly preferred), and 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related role, with a track record of leading successful data science projects, or equivalent relevant work experience; e.g., each year of work experience may be substituted for each year of education required.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance

Skills

Required:Data science leadershipMachine learning, statistical analysis, data miningPredictive modeling (customer behavior, churn, demand forecasting)Exploratory data analysis (EDA)NLP, classification, regression, clustering, recommendationsFeature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, model validationData engineering collaboration
Nice to have:Mentorship
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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