Data Scientist

Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS) is currently seeking a Data Scientist to join our team! At UTRS, we enjoy the benefits of working in a collaborative environment of close-knit team members. As a company, we provide a wide range of leading-edge engineering, management, and digital services to the public and private sectors. We are looking for someone that will support our mission to consistently deliver creative, high-quality, technology-based services to our customers on time and within budget. This position will support advanced data analytics initiatives, designing scalable data solutions and enabling insight-driven decision-making efforts. The position is located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. What will you be doing? This position will be a key member of the data analytics and digital solutions team. Duties include:

• Conceptualize and design high-impact data use cases by transforming unstructured data (e.g., web pages, PDFs, free-text) into actionable insights

• Develop and maintain Python 3 scripts to extract and process data from sources such as Excel, CSV, JSON, Markdown, APIs, and internal documents

• Utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to execute/modify locally hosted large language models (LLMs) to generate summaries, classifications and data enrichments.

• Perform prompt engineering by designing,testing, documenting, and versioning prompts to ensure consistent outputs

• Build, enhance, and maintain Power BI dashboards and configure on-premises data gateways for automated refreshes

• Generate deliverables in PDF, Word, and HTML formats using open-source tools

• Create comprehensive documentation for datasets, workflows, scripts, and dashboards

• Develop robust data cleaning, preprocessing, and transformation pipelines

• Design and maintain scalable data models to support analytics and reporting requirements

• Analyze and solve complex data-related challenges with a strong problem-solving approach

• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and contribute to AI strategy documentation

• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Minimum of 2-5 years experience
• Experience developing Python-based data processing solutions
• Hands-on experience with data transformation, modeling, and analytics
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data sources
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be US Citizen and able to obtain a security clearance