Data Scientist

Position Summary

Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Data Scientist.  In this role you will support the Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Acquisition Delta.  The Delta's mission is to modernize and sustain missile warning, missile defense, space domain awareness, and command and control systems to protect the Homeland and the United States’ allies.  As a member of the Chief Information Officer’s staff, the Data Scientist models complex business problems, and discovers business insights through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining, and visualization techniques. The Data Scientist contributes to building and developing the organization’s data infrastructure and supports senior leadership with insights, management reports, and analysis for decision-making at the Delta, Program Executive Officer, and Space Systems Command level. 

This is a full-time hybrid role at Peterson SFB, in Colorado Springs, CO with telework capabilities.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Data Science Application: Apply data science to develop novel metrics and analyses for decision-making in business and engineering.
• Data Analytics Translation: Transform enterprise architecture data into analytics to support executive decisions and work-flows.
• Insight Generation: Extract and leverage trends from data to inform business strategies and leadership.
• Experimental Analytics: Use experimentation to reveal complex relationships in large datasets.
• Advanced Technique Development: Implement state-of-the-art techniques in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Data Visualization: Craft engaging, visual reports that effectively communicate analytical results.
• Product Advisement: Offer data-driven guidance on new product features and updates.
• Unstructured Data Frameworks: Create processes for analyzing unstructured data from various sources.
• Best Practices and Consultation: Provide expert advice and distribute best practices across teams.
• Data Management and Engineering: Ensure data cleanliness and organization across different formats.
• Data Pipeline Maintenance: Establish and maintain data pipelines using cutting-edge technologies.
• Machine Learning Optimization: Continuously refine machine learning models for better performance.
• Generative AI Integration: Guide the adoption of generative AI to drive innovation and improve processes.
• Solution Tailoring and Customer Empowerment: Equip the interface with capabilities that allow customers to explore and visualize data-driven insights, simulate potential business scenarios, and generate bespoke This empowers users to leverage data science in making informed decisions and fosters innovation by showcasing the art of the possible through practical applications.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Citizenship: Must be a US Citizen

Clearance: Must have the ability to obtain Top Secret clearance

Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: 5 years of relevant experience 

Preferred Experience:

Clearance: Active Top Secret level clearance 

Certification: Certificate in Data Science or modeling and simulation or statistics - highly preferred

Education: Bachelor's Degree 

Additional Experience:

• 5 years’ experience with Python - highly preferred
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning application/uses - highly preferred
• Experience or education with Statistical modeling through programming language (e.g. Python) - highly preferred
• Experience with robust data cleaning and data engineering - highly preferred
• Understanding of large language models and generative AI
• Experience with statistical analysis and/or modeling and simulation
• Experience building or refining machine learning models
• Demonstrated experience with the following python packages: Pandas, Numpy, Pytorch or Tensorflow, Sklearn, Pyodbc, Matplotlib, and Seaborn.
• Experience with a large variety of programing languages: Matlab, SQL, C#, Javascript, VBA
• Experience deploying data pipelines
• Ability to develop experimental and analytical plans for data modeling processes
• Experience on USSF, USSPACECOM, USNORTHCOM or USSTRATCOM staff
• Familiarity with cloud services such as P1, UDL, or Advana 
• Experience Web app front-end development with HTML, CSS
• Experience with automating business processes
• Previous leadership or management experience
• Experience implementing Generative AI models
• Experience developing solutions and ensuring project completion

Additional Information:

Location: Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs CO

Hybrid: The position offers hybrid flexibility approx. 1 day a week (subject to change per the customer's discretion)

Travel: Up to 10% travel may be required to CONUS locations

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Company Overview

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, is an innovative small business committed to providing world-class technical, management, and training support services to government and public sector clients. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver superior results. Since our inception in 1997, our commitment to mission success and customer satisfaction has been recognized with exponential growth and exceptional past performance ratings. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from the planning stages, through implementation, and into operations and support.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Please Note:

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.Odyssey Benefits