Data Scientist

If you're passionate about turning complex data into mission-driven impact, this is your opportunity to work on cutting-edge solutions that directly support national security. NS2 Mission is looking for a Data Scientist to join our dynamic team in Chantilly, VA. You'll dive into challenging datasets, apply advanced analytics and AI/ML techniques, and build high-performance cloud capabilities in a fast-paced, innovative environment. Come be part of a team where your skills fuel real-world results and your ideas truly matter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Customer's technical lead to design, deploy, and sustain multiple high-visibility, fast-turnaround collection capabilities.
• Apply AI/ML techniques to extract, transform, index, and operationalize a wide range of structured and unstructured data types (text, images, video, audio, tabular, nested formats, etc.).
• Perform data engineering tasks such as cleansing, modeling, and formatting data of varied and unknown structures.
• Support the transfer and organization of mission-critical data across cloud storage environments.
• Coordinate with mission partners to ensure solutions meet operational requirements and tradecraft standards.
• Build and maintain AWS-based tools and infrastructure leveraging approved services.
• Validate collected data to ensure compliance with format and quality expectations.
• Maintain version-controlled code in the Customer's GitHub repository and deliver thorough documentation.
• Conduct ongoing operations and maintenance to adapt solutions to evolving technologies, collection targets, formats, and naming conventions.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Hands-on experience developing in Python
• Experience with geospatial software, programming tools, and related data formats
• Strong background in AWS resource creation and management-including EC2, Lambda, S3, and IAM
• Proficiency with GitHub for version control

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency deploying applications using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) (Note: Ansible/Terraform are not substitutes for CDK)
• Strong understanding of containerization and hands-on work building and deploying containerized applications
• Background working with search technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, or AWS OpenSearch
• Capability to design, query, and maintain both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with additional cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
• AWS certifications such as DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator are a plus

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with FSP

We win with inclusion

NS2 Mission's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At NS2 Mission, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

NS2 Mission is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with NS2 Mission and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: NS2Mission.Careers@sapns2.com .

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.