Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

Overview

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,