Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Data Scientist

to support the Department of Veterans Affais (VA) data Modernization initiative. This position will be fully remote located within the United States.

Responsibilities

Consult with internal clients and build data products / workflows to support critical operations

Migrate and modernize clients’ workload from legacy environment to the cloud to realize quantifiable improvements

Spearhead AI adoption with clients to drive business outcomes

Create reference use cases with supporting tutorials, reference code, and training to drive the adoption of cloud tooling for concrete business results

Host office hours to upskill clients

Develop, train, and deploy machine learning to solve complex business problems

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s degree  in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline,+15 years experience (or commensurate experience).

Proficient in Python and advanced SQL for data analysis

2+ years’ experience performing work on leading cloud platforms such as Databricks, Azure, AWS, and GCP

Experience in the end-end data science workflow, from identifying datasets to production, and associated tooling (NumPy, SciPy, MLFlow)

Solid understanding of traditional machine learning toolboxes

Working knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI workflow

Clearance Required:

Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance

Preferred Skills and Experience

5+ years data scientist experience shipping multiple products in operation

2+ year experience in building visualized insights (dashboards and reports) supporting operational needs

Prior experience using R / Stata / SAS

Experience of refactoring of R / Stata / SAS codebase to Python

Prior experience shipping products leveraging LLMs or AI agents

Posted Salary Range

USD $185,000.00 - USD $205,000.00 /Yr.