AI Data Scientist

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Data Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Processes, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Join GDIT and be part of the Unified Claims Acceleration Platform (UCAP) solution, where your work accelerates claims processing for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), our Veteran-first vision to transform the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) into a paperless, AI-enabled organization. Together, we’re building a future of fast, transparent claims, empowered teams, and a zero backlog, directly supporting Veterans and making a real impact on the lives of those who served. 

This candidate will also be expected to interpret and decompose business requirements into data design patterns for building and maturing large language models (LLMs) to support an artificial intelligence (AI) solution for UCAP. This candidate will work closely with Business Analysts to investigate, implement, and calibrate our UCAP AI solutions to achieve the desired VBA outcomes. This candidate will support the establishment of AI performance baselines for generating clinical summaries to improve accuracy and will require continuous reviews with VBA stakeholders. 

Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

Responsibilities:  

• Interprets business goals for UCAP by implementing AI and Agentic AI to achieve desired business outcomes 

• Utilizes machine learning based tools to monitor and analyze model performance 

• Evaluates the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and gathering techniques 

• Performs scientific work associated with the analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets 

• Develops data-driven solutions for difficult business challenges 

• Collaborating with all Scrum Teams to integrate AI and Agentic AI into the workflow functionality for UCAP 

• Reviews test results for compliance against desired VBA outcomes 

• Utilizing professional judgement, critical thinking skills and research to improve processes and resolve issues affecting program performance 

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in business related field, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline with at least 5+ years of experience 

• Must have 3+ years of experience performing statistical analysis to include any combination of predictive analytics and broader data science tools to include AI 

• Must have 2+ years of data modeling support.  

• Programming skills: e.g. R, Python, Java, Scala 

• Understanding and experience with Agile & Lean principles & methodologies for incremental development and deployment 

• Must demonstrate critical thinking skills to resolve operational issues and identify risks and mitigation 

• Must have outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present business leaders 

• Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting 

Desired Qualifications:  

• Strong knowledge of AI and Agentic AI 

Why GDIT:

• Purposeful Work: Support those who’ve served by building software that delivers.

• Career Development: Access to training, mentorship, and certification programs.

• Tech-Forward: Work with cloud-native architectures and modern DevSecOps pipelines.

• Flexible Work: Remote-friendly and supportive of work-life balance.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive salary, healthcare, 401(k), and paid time off.

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The likely salary range for this position is $100,300 - $135,700. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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