Senior Data Science Consultant - Clearance Required

Overview

LMI is seeking a Senior Data Science Consultant to lead in developing, testing, and fielding advanced algorithms in support of a supply chain risk program for the Department of Defense.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

• Leverage deep and broad knowledge of advanced data science concepts to streamline the curation and analysis of complex supply-chain data
• Use knowledge of advanced topics in data science, such as active learning, semi-supervised learning, bias calculation, etc.
• Write python, spark, and SQL code to prepare and analyze data in both research and production environments
• Work closely with data engineers, UI developers, and subject matter experts to develop and deploy data science methods in support of an evolving software suite
• Lead and execute on data science tasking in support of multiple teams, coordinating prioritization across them as needed
• Rapidly spin up on new data science topics and methods as they become applicable to the project
• Work comfortably in a Databricks environment, where most code is developed, tested, and deployed via notebooks
• Quickly learn, and be excited to leverage, novel data science techniques to solve real-world challenges involving large scale, often messy data sets

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field and/or equivalent work experience
• 3-10 years of experience as a data scientist
• Experience with:
• Agile-based development
• Python, Spark, notebooks
• Data Bricks or similar environment
• Scikit-learn or similar python packages
• Highly effective analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills
• Active DoD Secret clearance required (Top Secret clearance desired)