Associate Data Scientist

About the role

TRSS Data Scientist candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications. Please ensure your resume and application clearly demonstrate that you have: United States Citizenship (essential to comply with government contract requirements). Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance or agency work suitability determination, as required by assignment. Willingness to work full time, on-site, embedded at US Government offices in the Washington, DC area. (Specific office assignments are subject to change). Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a technical field (e.g., data science, statistics, computer science, mathematics, physical/biological sciences, or geographic information systems (GIS), etc.). At least 3 years of relevant experience. Relevant experience can include some combination of: Large Data Management: querying, extracting, cleaning, verifying, resolving, and maintaining data. Large Data Analysis: statistical methods, graph networks, anomaly detection, spatial analysis, pattern-of-life, sentiment analysis. Large Data Modeling: risk modeling, community detection, classification, computer vision, and general application of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models. Large Data Storytelling: explaining insights and methodology to a non-technical audience, dashboards, plots & visualizations, direct experience with customers. Programming: Candidates must have practical experience writing, editing, customizing, and executing code written in Python. SQL proficiency: Candidates must have experience using SQL for data extraction, pipelining, or exploration. Ability to handle sensitive, confidential, or regulated data in accordance with applicable policies and requirements. Ability to interface directly with customers at all levels and be a representative of TRSS. Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team. Teams may include other Data Scientists or be cross-disciplinary and include Subject Matter Expert Analysts and/or Data Engineers. Ability to interpret customer requests and/or problem statements into clear project plans, develop project goals and methods, and to deliver actionable results within required timeframes. About you: Preference will be given to candidates who possess the minimum qualifications and the following preferred qualifications. Please ensure your resume and application clearly demonstrate that you have: Current/Active government work suitability or security clearance. Experience working with law enforcement agencies. Programming skills in multiple languages other than Python (Python is a minimum requirement) including R, Java, or SQL. Experience with software development, including managing collaborative codebases, version control, linting/testing, containerization, and interacting with REST APIs. #LI-SW1 What's in it For You? Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fo