Data Scientist – AI/Splunk (Remote)

Overview

PLEASE NOTE:  No corp-to-corp candidates will be accepted.

• Tier One Technologies is looking for a Data Scientist with an AI & Splunk expertise to support our direct US Government client.
• This will be a 100% remote position.
• SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and model Incident, Problem, and Change trends to identify opportunities for service improvements.
• Perform and interpret data studies and experiments involving new data sources or new uses for existing data sources.
• Leverage Splunk dashboards, alerts, and search queries to detect, investigate, and resolve operational issues in real time.
• Utilize cloud-native monitoring and observability tools (AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Operations, Azure Monitor) to identify and address performance gaps.
• Develop analytics using data mining, statistical, forecasting, and modeling techniques.
• Develop prototypes, proof of concepts, algorithms, predictive models, and custom analyses.
• Determine new ways to improve data quality, search quality, and predictive capabilities.
• Identify the right tools for data analysis, including tools external to the organization.
• Leverage AI and machine learning to improve automation through data output, aggregation, analytics, algorithms, orchestration, and visualization.
• Provide guidance and technical support to executives, contractors, and employees in other functional areas.
• Enterprise Issue Identification & Solution Design
• Proactively identify performance degradation, anomalies, and systemic issues across large enterprise systems using data-driven analysis.
• Analyze API call patterns, response times, and latency trends to diagnose integration and performance issues across enterprise platforms.
• Propose and document actionable solutions and remediation strategies for identified issues, working collaboratively with application, infrastructure, and network teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of related IT experience.
• Hands-on experience with AI and cloud platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in Splunk.
• Solid understanding of network technologies and their impact on API performance and latency.
• Excellent analytical & communication skills.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.