Description
SAIC has an immediate need for a Data Scientist for our SED Virtual Systems Program in Huntsville, AL.
As a Data Scientist, you will be working with data from virtual reality flight simulators, eye-tracking software. You will also be responsible for cleansing/transforming data, integrating and analyzing data from various data sources, and performing data visualization to provide insights to program leaders.
Job Description:
Works in cross-functional teams with data at all stages of the analysis lifecycle to derive actionable insight.
Translates mission needs into an end-to-end analytical approach to achieve results. Performs the pre-analytics areas of data collection and understanding, data cleansing and integration, and data storage and retrieval.
Determines the appropriate analytics based on the data and the desired outcomes, using techniques including feature detection, statistics, data mining, predictive modeling, machine learning, natural language processing, and business intelligence.
Interprets the validity of results and communicates the meaning of those results.
Follows a scientific approach to generate value from data, verifying results at each step. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet outlined objectives.
Responsible for data cleansing/formatting, data analytics, and creating dashboard visualizations using agile methodologies.
Elicit dashboard requirements from customer
Explore data sources for applicability
Integrate various data sources
Implement business rules into data integration logic
Build interactive dashboards that showcase relevant metrics
Respond quickly to questions/challenges to dashboard results
Brief dashboard to stakeholders and train new users
Develop and maintain best practices and make recommendations to existing business processes
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or Math and 9 years of related experience OR Masters and 7 years of related experience OR PHD and 4 years of related experience.
US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Interim Secret clearance; and Full Secret clearance.
3 - 7 year of Data Science experience.
Desired Qualifications