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# Data Scientist - Mid

- **Company:** Cherokee Federal
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Databases, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Mining, Data Visualization, Digital Technology, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Microsoft Office, NoSQL, Pattern Recognition, Power BI, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), High Performance Computing, Data Management
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9008193/data-scientist-mid

## About the Role

* Current TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph
 * Minimum of four (4) years of related experience
 * Bachelor's degree preferred
 * Skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau
 * Skilled in major data science languages, such as R and Python
 * Experience in managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL
 * Experience with statistical analysis and data mining algorithms
 * Experience with large data Multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics
 * Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training
 * Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced
 * Ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
 * Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction
 * Ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information Sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
 * Ability to develop concise, insightful. and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
 * Ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
 * Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal

## Description

* Conduct data analytics, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions
 * Proactively retrieve information from various sources, analyzes it for better understanding about the data set, and builds AI tools that automate certain processes
 * Supports program evaluation with system assessments, statistical and data analysis, apply data mining techniques, and build high quality prediction systems.
 * Design how data will be stored, accessed, used, integrated, and managed by different data regimes and digital systems.
 * Work with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
 * Plans, designs, and optimizes data throughput and query performance.
 * Provides modeling/ visualization [RS1] , machine learning, statistic, data engineering, pattern recognition/learning support to organization as needed.
 * Use data science approaches to identify anomalies, patterns, or relationships that can support organization's assessments. [RS2]
 * Performs other job-related duties as assigned, * Data Architect
 * Data Analyst
 * Data Solutions Manager
 * Business Intelligence Analyst

Keywords

 * Data management systems
 * Data architecture
 * Database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, HPC)
 * Data analysis
 * Data optimization


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