Amentum · 6 hours ago
Jr. Data Scientist
Springfield, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$100K/yr - $125K/yr
1+ years expAmentum is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to support a National Security mission aimed at improving access to GEOINT data. The role involves analyzing large datasets, identifying anomalies, and collaborating with a team to enhance data quality and delivery.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
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
Qualification
Required
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
TS/SCI with Poly
Bachelor's degree plus 1-3 years' experience, or a Master's Degree plus 1-3 years of experience
1 - 3 years of experience
Preferred
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
Benefits
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
Company
Amentum
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Ajay Nagar
Vice President
Darren Burton
Chief People Officer
Recent News
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