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Senior Data Scientist developing healthcare AI/ML models and synthetic cohorts for Veterans Health Administration programs. Supporting citizen developers and federal healthcare modernization at Aptive.
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical support and advisory services for VHA AI Citizen Developers
- Guide the design, development, and deployment of machine learning models and AI-driven solutions within the Veterans Health Administration ecosystem
- Apply supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning techniques to build and validate predictive models and analytical pipelines for healthcare-specific use cases
- Develop, maintain, and analyze synthetic data models and cohorts that protect Veteran data privacy
- Enable model training, testing, and validation activities across VHA programs
- Architect and execute data science workflows within cloud-based analytic environments such as AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure Government
- Ensure scalability, security compliance, and alignment with VA data governance standards
- Collaborate with VHA program offices, data engineers, and IT stakeholders to define requirements and interpret analytical results
- Translate findings into strategic recommendations supporting AI/ML project objectives
- Contribute to documentation, peer review, and continuous improvement of AI/ML methodologies, model performance metrics, and data quality standards
- Ensure solutions meet federal regulatory requirements and VA enterprise AI policies
- Mentor and guide citizen developers as they build and scale AI solutions
Requirements:
- Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in data science, applied machine learning, or a closely related quantitative discipline
- Demonstrated expertise in healthcare or life sciences data environments
- Master's Degree (required) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field from an accredited institution
- Previous experience working with federal agencies, preferably the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other federal healthcare clients such as CMS, NIH, DoD, or HHS
- Familiarity with federal data governance and compliance frameworks
- Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust (Medium Background Investigation) or equivalent federal security clearance as required by the contract
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; this position does not offer visa sponsorship
- Demonstrated experience developing and analyzing healthcare-specific data models and patient cohorts
- Familiarity with clinical data standards such as HL7 FHIR, ICD-10, CPT coding, and EHR-sourced datasets
- Active clearance or PIV eligibility preferred
- PhD preferred
Benefits:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust (Medium Background Investigation) or equivalent federal security clearance as required by the contract
- Equal opportunity employment
- Talent Community notifications about new job opportunities, company news, and upcoming career events
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