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Data Scientist SME with Security Clearance

Data Freelance Hub, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201

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This role is for a Data Scientist Subject Matter Expert with an active TS/SCI security clearance, based in Crystal City, VA. The contract length is unspecified, with a pay rate that will be discussed upon interview. We are seeking a candidate with strong skills in Python, SQL, CI/CD, ETL and related data engineering and machine learning technologies. A bachelor’s degree is required.

Job Duties

Build and ship Python-based analytic services (APIs, batch, streaming) with CI/CD, testing, and containerization.

Build and update web-based GUIs (Streamlit, etc.) for lightweight visualization of complex analytics.

Design and harden automated methods for linking disparate sources across very large datasets.

Own the lifecycle: ingest/ETL, modeling, deployment, and monitoring (performance, drift, data quality).

Work with analysts, developers, and other data scientists to turn workflows into robust, automated pipelines.

Apply supervised/unsupervised learning, graph methods, and statistical modeling.

Enforce engineering rigor: unit and integration testing, typing, code review, and documentation.

Identify data gaps/anomalies and improve TTPs and methodologies in classified environments.

Required Skills & Experience

Production Python expertise (packages, APIs/services, packaging, dependency management).

SQL proficiency; experience with large‑scale systems (Trino, PostgreSQL, Hive, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch; distributed compute a plus).

Proven model production (FastAPI, batch jobs, or streaming), CI/CD, Docker, and Linux.

Strong NumPy, SciPy, pandas, scikit‑learn, Matplotlib; comfortable moving from exploration to maintainable code.

Practical experience in entity resolution, graph/relational reasoning, and applied statistics.

Experience integrating structured, unstructured text, and semi‑structured data.

US Citizen only—requires an active TS/SCI security clearance and willingness to obtain a CI Poly.

Desired Skills

Orchestration & Data Quality: Airflow.

Distributed & Streaming: Spark, Kafka.

Development and CI/CD: Kubernetes, pytest.

Observability & Reliability: data & model drift monitoring.

Education & Certifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Advanced degrees are a plus.

Security Clearance An active TS/SCI security clearance is REQUIRED; candidates must have or be willing to obtain a CI Poly. Candidates without this clearance will not be considered.

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