Senior Data Scientist

Company Description

The Red Gate Group, founded in 2006, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Company based in Chantilly, VA. As an SDVOSB, the Red Gate Group has established a reputation for delivering quality multi-tiered services in intelligence analysis, strategic planning, program management, policy development, operational design, and technology integration. RGG delivers high-quality, customer-centric solutions around the world—from the foxhole to the highest levels of Government. Our motto, "Making a Difference for Country and Client," reflects our deep commitment to national security and service excellence. As an employer of choice, we offer comprehensive benefits including flexible time off, 11 paid holidays, immediate 401(k) eligibility with a generous match, and full medical, dental, and vision coverage through Anthem. Our employees enjoy 100% company-paid life insurance and disability benefits, along with professional development assistance for degrees and certifications. We foster a culture of growth and work-life balance, backed by our commitment to supporting both our clients' missions and our employees' success. Join our team and be part of an organization that values both service excellence and employee wellbeing.

Job Description

The Red Gate Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Reston, VA. In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with leadership skills to solve some of the nation’s most critical challenges. You’ll work directly with clients to uncover their toughest questions, explore complex datasets, and design advanced algorithms that deliver clear, actionable insights.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll not only build and deploy cutting-edge models—you’ll also mentor teammates, shape best practices, and lead efforts to translate data into mission impact. This is an opportunity to turn complex, high-volume data streams into meaningful intelligence that drives real-world decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of machine learning models for classification, extraction, summarization, and search.
• Work with clients to frame problems, identify data sources, and develop analytic strategies.
• Build end-to-end ML workflows, from data preparation and exploration to deployment and evaluation.
• Manage large-scale, production-level systems processing millions of streaming documents per week.
• Apply expertise in data cleaning, mining, analysis, and visualization to create clear, actionable results.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including MLOps and infrastructure engineers, to ensure robust deployment, monitoring, and retraining of models.
• Mentor junior team members and guide best practices in data science methodology and implementation.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches in AI/ML, NLP, and data science.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in applied data science or ML roles, including Python, NLP, and LLM implementation.
• 3+ years of experience with data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, or mining.
• Experience with production-level systems, data lake environments, and streaming data (e.g., Kafka).
• Proven ability to design, implement, and iterate on ML models in real-world, high-volume environments.
• Strong grasp of infrastructure and systems concepts, particularly data pipelines and data lakes.
• Experience implementing end-to-end ML workflows from preparation to deployment.

• Active Ts/Sci Clearance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with MLOps teams on deployment, monitoring, and retraining pipelines.
• Familiarity with document indexing, search platforms, GPU workloads, and distributed storage (e.g., Cloudera).
• Experience developing algorithms with R, Python, SQL, or NoSQL.
• Knowledge of distributed data and computing tools such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, MapReduce, or EMR.
• Hands-on experience with visualization tools like Plotly, Seaborn, or ggplot2.

• Security+ Certification.

Additional Information

The Red Gate Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Red Gate Group, Ltd. considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law. Know Your Rights