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Tecolote Research, Inc.

Lead Data Scientist

Tecolote Research, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201


Overview

We are seeking applicants possessing a strong quantitative background with an emphasis in Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition cost estimating analysis, ability to lead a data analytics and research team, strong analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Individual should be highly motivated with a strong work ethic, ability to work autonomously or in a team environment, with excellent communication, quantitative, research and analytical skills to provide cost estimating/analysis, and data analytics support for Air Force acquisition programs.

Responsibilities

Lead a data analytics and research team responsible for developing methodologies, tools, scripts, data cleansing and normalization, and models to support cost analysis and estimating organizations performing analysis and producing cost estimates within the Department of Defense (DoD) for various commodities including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles, munitions, space systems, ballistic missiles, software heavy, and other DoD systems. Additional responsibilities include:

Assess requirements, determine necessary resources to accomplish task, hypothesize solutions, develop solution, visualize data, and report findings

Develop and maintain forecasting and estimating models

Develop and maintain data pipelines

Develop R-shiny applications

Develop algorithms and scripts for data analysis

Apply supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques

Communicate with various levels of Government leadership

Perform analysis for U.S. government acquisition programs

Develop cost estimating relationship and cost models

Lead and help develop junior/mid-level data scientists

Architect data solution(s) across multiple commodities within a cloud environment

Interface, brief, and coordinate program status and reviews with senior Air Force leadership on at least a quarterly basis

Skills Required

Must have 10 or more years of recent experience in the following subject areas:

Technical Software Engineering/Analyst – Software system-specific requirements analysis, software design, software analysis, software development paradigms to include agile, computer programming, engineering, system design, integration of software and system, test of software and system, management of information technology systems.

Cost – Knowledge on the impacts of technical areas as cost drivers and application to cost estimating methodologies.

Must have the ability to lead teams.

Applicants must have a final security clearance (Secret level or higher).

U.S. citizenship is required.

Candidates will also possess the following skills:

Highly Proficient in R and/or Python, preferably both; able to point to specific and multiple examples of algorithms developed for data exploration/analysis/presentation

Proficient in MS Office Suite

Detailed, organized individual

Good communication, presentation, and visualization skills

Ability to perform ad-hoc research projects independently, summarize results in a written report, and present to an audience

Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition experience a plus

Experience with cost estimating and/or DoD cost estimating desired

Experience with Databricks including gold, silver, and bronze tables

Experience with AWS and Tableau highly desired

Experience with Dataiku is a plus

Familiarity with IT, Cloud, and querying SQL databases are a plus

Education

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in math, engineering, business, or the sciences.

Location

Arlington Operations

2231 Crystal Drive

Suite 702

Arlington, Virginia 22202-3724

(703) 414-3290

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Tracking Number:

003-24-27

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