Senior Data Scientist – TS/SCI

Ninja Analytics, Inc.

. Lead the development and delivery of high-quality predictive modeling solutions .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeAshburn • Virginia • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and delivering predictive modeling solutions using machine learning algorithms and advanced analytics. Proficient in data mining, analysis, and the operationalization of models to enhance decision-making in national and homeland security contexts.

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Machine Learning Model DevelopmentData Mining and AnalysisPredictive Analytics SolutionsSQL Programming ProficiencyTop Secret Security Clearance

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Hard Skills

Predictive ModelingQuantitative MethodsPattern RecognitionAutomated ClassificationData Collection and MiningFeature GenerationExploratory Data AnalysisEntity ResolutionUnsupervised Machine LearningSupervised Machine Learning

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProject Management

Tools & Technologies

RPythonScalaJavaSQLSASSPSS ModelerWEKA

Industry Keywords

National SecurityHomeland SecurityRisk AssessmentData AnalyticsBig Data

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPythonScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development and delivery of high-quality predictive modeling solutions
Apply quantitative methods, machine learning algorithms, and predictive models to complex national and homeland security challenges
Leverage large structured and unstructured datasets to develop and operationalize models, tools, and applications that optimize decision-making
Perform data collection, mining, data and text analytics, clustering analysis, pattern recognition and extraction, automated classification and categorization, and entity resolution
Implement and enhance automated risk assessment
Perform hands-on analysis and modeling, including intervention hypotheses, experiments, data-needs assessment, analytical approach selection, exploratory data analysis, and feature generation
Collaborate with mission stakeholders to define and scope challenges where big-data interventions may provide mitigation
Develop project plans with milestones, deliverables, work-tracking protocols, and risk-mitigation strategies
Extract, clean, and transform CBP transactional and mission data to build predictive models and supporting documentation
Define programming algorithms; train, evaluate, and deploy predictive analytics models that inform mission decisions
Identify patterns and anomalies in large datasets
Perform automated text/data classification and categorization, entity recognition, resolution and extraction, and named-entity matching
Brief project management, technical design, and outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior government stakeholders, through written and in-person reporting

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree (required) in operations research, industrial engineering, mathematics, statistics, computer science/engineering, or other related technical fields with equivalent practical experience
Master’s or Ph.D. degree preferred
12+ years of related experience
Experience developing machine learning models and applying advanced analytics solutions to solve complex business problems
Experience with R, Python, Scala, and Java
Proficiency with SQL programming
Experience constructing and executing queries to extract data for exploratory data analysis and model development
Proficiency with SAS, SPSS Modeler, R, WEKA, or equivalent statistical software
Experience with pattern recognition and extraction, automated classification, and categorization
Experience with entity resolution, including record linking, named-entity matching, deduplication, and disambiguation
Experience with unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques and methods
Experience performing data mining, analysis, and training set construction
Selected applicants must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Telework available as part of the hybrid work arrangement