Lead Data Scientist

General information

Requisition # R65331 Locations USA-VA-Alexandria Posting Date 01/21/2026 Security Clearance Required TS/SCI w/ Poly Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Elevate your career with MANTECH International Corporation! Join a dynamic team dedicated to national security through cutting-edge technology. Since 1968, MANTECH has led in delivering advanced solutions to government intelligence, the Department of Defense, and Federal Civilian sectors. Dive into innovation in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Your journey to impactful work and rapid growth starts now—be extraordinary at MANTECH!

MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Lead Data Scientist to join our Data and AI Practice onsite in Alexandria, VA. In this role, you will assist in the design, development, and implementation of data science capabilities to achieve client mission goals. You will collaborate with a team of consultants, data engineers, software engineers and data scientists to leverage AI, data science, data analytics, and data architecture to deliver client solutions. The ideal candidate will have solid data science skills, a firm understanding of data architecture, and client-oriented approach to applying technology to complex problems. 

Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Develop models and solutions applied to problem sets in a broad range of data science areas, including but not limited to natural language processing, graph analytics, computer vision, anomaly detection, geo-spatial analysis, and data visualization.
• Contribute data science expertise to solution development through whiteboarding sessions with clients, partners, and coworkers. 
• Design and implement robust data pipelines to ingest, transform, and integrate data from various systems and networks, ensuring seamless data flow.
• Collaborate with cloud and system architects to establish secure and efficient data transfer protocols among different networks and systems.
• Work closely with data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements to facilitate analytics.
• Architect data pipelines and data storage solutions to support analytic and data science workflows.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10  years of experience in data science, data architecture, or related roles.
• In depth knowledge of Data Science and AI offerings from one or more cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Oracle, IBM, Azure and GCP). 
• Experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and big data technologies
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or SQL 
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with the full li