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Provide expert technical assistance to government customers by developing machine learning, data mining, and statistical algorithms. Analyze datasets, prototyping algorithms and models for experiments and execution. Generate reports that summarize datasets and provide decision-quality insights. Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Software Engineers to construct automated analytics and enhance workflows. Collaborate with customers, SMEs, and Software Engineers to define requirements and guide analytics formulation. Produce summaries and visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning. Develop experiments and models to simulate unavailable data. Oversee analytics development. Manage the transition of prototype analytics into production. Evaluate the performance of analytics. Guide analytics development toward solutions that scale to large datasets. Develop and train machine learning systems to support mission automation. Understand and guide the integration of emerging machine learning and pattern recognition algorithms into executable solutions. The pay range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors. Base pay information is based on market location. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. This posting will be renewed periodically until the position is filled. LI-RC2 Experience as a data scientist or operations research analyst. Experience conducting modeling and simulation or decision analysis. Master's or Bachelor's degree in mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science or a related technical discipline.
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What you’ll work on

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  • Develop machine learning, data mining, and statistical algorithms for government customers

  • Analyze datasets and prototype algorithms and models

  • Generate reports and visualizations that explain dataset structure and meaning

  • Manage the transition of prototype analytics into production

  • Develop and train machine learning systems to support mission automation

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developing machine learning, data mining, and statistical algorithms
Analyze datasets, prototyping algorithms and models for experiments and execution
Generate reports that summarize datasets and provide decision-quality insights
Manage the transition of prototype analytics into production
Develop and train machine learning systems to support mission automation

What you’ll bring

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  • Experience as a data scientist or operations research analyst
  • Experience conducting modeling and simulation or decision analysis
  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science or a related technical…
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Experience as a data scientist or operations research analyst
Experience conducting modeling and simulation or decision analysis
Master's or Bachelor's degree in mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science or a related technical discipline

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$118K–$193K is typical

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Day 155

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Well past Modern Technology Solutions’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 29.

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13 open jobs

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Demand for Data Scientist roles

New Data Scientist postings at the employers we follow are down 3% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.

Weekly new Data Scientist postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of October 26. The fewest in a week was 1,411, the most 2,973, and the latest week had 1,826.
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About the role

We file this job under Data Scientist, by the work the posting describes.

Data scientists use statistics and models to answer harder questions, such as whether a change worked, what demand will look like next quarter, or which customers are likely to leave.

Postings usually ask for Python or R, SQL, statistics, experiment design and common machine learning methods.

Unlike an ML engineer, a data scientist's main output is often an analysis or a first model, not software running inside a product.

US government figures for data scientists

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$120,230
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
34.6% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-2051.

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Provide expert technical assistance to government customers by developing machine learning, data mining, and statistical algorithms. Analyze datasets, prototyping algorithms and models for experiments and execution. Generate reports that summarize datasets and provide decision-quality insights. Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Software Engineers to construct automated analytics and enhance workflows. Collaborate with customers, SMEs, and Software Engineers to define requirements and guide analytics formulation. Produce summaries and visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning. Develop experiments and models to simulate unavailable data. Oversee analytics development. Manage the transition of prototype analytics into production. Evaluate the performance of analytics. Guide analytics development toward solutions that scale to large datasets. Develop and train machine learning systems to support mission automation. Understand and guide the integration of emerging machine learning and pattern recognition algorithms into executable solutions. The pay range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors. Base pay information is based on market location. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. This posting will be renewed periodically until the position is filled. LI-RC2 Experience as a data scientist or operations research analyst. Experience conducting modeling and simulation or decision analysis. Master's or Bachelor's degree in mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science or a related technical discipline.
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