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Jr. Data Scientist

Amentum

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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Polygraph
IT - Data Science
Remote/Hybrid (Off-Site/Hybrid)

Purpose and Impact:

As a Junior Data Scientist, you will support an exciting National Security mission to position NGA to be the enterprise and community GEOINT data provider, improving the way analysts, customers, and end users access, discover, stage, link, produce, re-integrate, and deliver intelligence. You will work with talented developers and colleagues, gaining exposure to industry best practices such as AWS cloud solutions.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Essential Responsibilities:

  • As a Junior Data Scientist, you will work as part of team of data engineers, database developers and visualization specialists to analyze large sets of structured data, looking for anomalies and undiscovered correlations
  • Perform deep dive analysis into data sets and reports to identify problems or suspected issues with data
  • Able to develop & use exceptionally complex concepts & processes that span multiple organizations and disciplines
  • Participate in continuous improvement efforts to increase available data quality and speed of delivery
  • Participate on an Agile development team, using Scrum techniques, as a contributing development team member
  • Work with the software engineering team to deploy models that provide ongoing forecasts, optimizations, recommendations, and insights to support the Chief Data Office


Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum's role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
  • Must have experience as a data scientist using imagery data
  • Experience writing code in Python, R, Scala, JavaScript, C++ with documentation for reproducibility Strong knowledge and experience of visual programming or object-oriented modeling workflows to automate data acquisition
  • Ability to manipulate data from multiple structured and unstructured data sources
  • Apply analytical methodologies to diagnose data-related challenges, implement solutions, and evaluate performance
  • Ability to conduct data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions
  • Ability to identify and appropriately evaluate a wide range of existing methods, models and algorithms in familiar domains for a variety of mission driven problems while recognizing the capabilities and limitations of each method
  • Ability to categorize the data and metadata to build the metadata application profile.
  • Experience with Apache Hadoop, HUE, Hive, Pig, Spark, Elasticsearch, Kibana, or Tableau


Clearance Required:
  • TS/SCI with Poly


Minimum Education:
  • Bachelor's degree plus 1-3 years' experience, or a Master's Degree plus 1-3 years of experience


Minimum Years of Experience:
  • 1 - 3


Preferred Qualifications:
  • AI/ML experience
  • Knowledge of metadata standards
  • Knowledge and experience with Search tools, Search results organization and the implications of metadata organization, indexing, catalog content
  • Experience in GIS-related applications


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Compensation Details:
US:$100,00 - $125,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
  • Educational reimbursement
  • Parental leave
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Tax-saving options
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Pet insurance


Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:
02/06/2026 - Until Filled
Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters .
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Job Category
IT - Data Science
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI
Employer
Amentum