AI/ML Data Scientist

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AI/ML Data Scientist supporting Leidos’ Coast Guard mission analytics, machine learning, and automation initiatives. Developing prototypes, evaluating models, preparing data, and supporting responsible AI delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the design, development, testing, and evaluation of AI/ML solutions for Coast Guard mission and business operations.
  • Assist with predictive, classification, anomaly detection, NLP, generative AI, and other analytical solutions.
  • Support machine learning model training, tuning, validation, and documentation under senior technical guidance.
  • Assist with AI-enabled MVPs, technical demonstrations, automation pilots, and rapid experimentation.
  • Research and evaluate commercial, Government, and open-source AI/ML models and tools.
  • Conduct exploratory data analysis using structured and unstructured datasets.
  • Identify trends, patterns, anomalies, and insights to support decision-making.
  • Develop model baselines, performance measures, acceptance criteria, test methods, dashboards, visualizations, and analytical summaries.
  • Support data readiness assessments, data cleaning, normalization, transformation, data pipelines, ETL processes, reusable analytical datasets, and system integration.
  • Support automation assessments and AI/ML integration with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow, Power Platform, Appian, and Salesforce.
  • Participate in business process analysis, intelligent document processing, classification, entity extraction, summarization, forms digitization, and AI-assisted workflow improvements.
  • Support mission modeling, simulation, scenario planning, forecasting, operational experimentation, and trade-space analysis.
  • Translate analytical outputs into findings and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Support data sensitivity, privacy, access control, security, responsible AI, human-in-the-loop review, explainability, model monitoring, and ATO/cATO documentation.
  • Participate in Agile planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demonstrations, release activities, and user feedback sessions.
  • Collaborate with product owners, developers, analysts, architects, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and mission stakeholders.
  • Prepare technical documentation, demonstration materials, stakeholder briefing inputs, and adoption and operational impact measures.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations Research, or a related technical field.
  • 0–2 years of experience in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, or a related discipline.
  • Foundational experience developing, evaluating, or supporting machine learning models.
  • Working knowledge of Python, SQL, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow and/or PyTorch, and Hugging Face or similar AI/ML frameworks.
  • Foundational experience with predictive analytics, statistical analysis, data mining, and model evaluation.
  • Experience working with structured and/or unstructured datasets.
  • Exposure to Generative AI, Large Language Models, or prompt engineering.
  • Exposure to Retrieval Augmented Generation concepts or architectures.
  • Familiarity with cloud and data platforms such as AWS, Azure, GovCloud, Databricks, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Airflow, or AWS Glue.
  • Ability to support integration of AI/ML capabilities with APIs, workflow tools, enterprise applications, or data services.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust.
  • Preferred: internship, academic, or early career experience supporting DHS, USCG, DoD, or other Federal agencies.
  • Preferred: exposure to agentic AI, embeddings, vector databases, or AI orchestration frameworks.
  • Preferred: familiarity with ServiceNow, Power Platform, Appian, Salesforce, or similar enterprise workflow environments.
  • Preferred: experience supporting Agile, rapid prototyping, hackathons, academic projects, or MVP-style delivery environments.