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Data Scientist / Technical Lead (AI/ML & Media Analysis) - Lead | TS/SCI w/ Poly

Falls Technology · Chantilly, Virginia

TS/SCI clearance required · polygraph namedU.S. citizenship required

Posted 2026-10-14 · Verified live 2026-10-14

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About this role

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required. U.S. citizenship required.

Location: On-site in Chantilly, VA (Full-Time).


Lead the team deciding which AI really works. You'll evaluate and integrate AI/ML and commercial tools for media analysis, including synthetic media and deepfake detection, for a federal national-security mission.


What you'll do

  • Evaluate AI/ML models and commercial (COTS) tools for media analysis
  • - Lead systems engineering to integrate selected tools into cloud environments
  • - Apply multimedia forensics and synthetic media (deepfake) generation and detection
  • - Plan and manage evaluation projects and brief results
  • - Guide a technical team from evaluation through deployment

What you bring (required)

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • - Data science for AI/ML model evaluation
  • - Systems engineering for COTS tool integration
  • - Cloud services and infrastructure
  • - Multimedia forensics
  • - Synthetic media / deepfake generation and detection

Nice to have

  • Project management
  • - AWS and Linux
  • - Working with publicly available data

Why Falls

A 9% retirement contribution, 100% of family medical premiums paid, and 4 weeks of PTO. We're a small business that's been delivering since 2019, so your work is visible and your voice counts.


Falls Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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