Sr. Data Scientist Principal

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Interim Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Datasets, Datasource

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is looking to hire a Sr. Data Scientist Principal

The qualified individual leads advanced analytics and AI models for vehicle performance, reliability, and sustainment.

This position provides critical technical expertise in support of Special Operations Forces (SOF). You will help design and implement cutting-edge, data-driven systems that collect, interpret, and report performance information on high-performance vehicles and their sub-systems. Your work will enable advanced insight into logistics, operational performance, predictive maintenance, and lifecycle extension for these mission-essential platforms. This is an opportunity to directly support the Nation’s most elite forces—bringing your technical talent to bear on real-world challenges that matter.

Responsibilities

• Develop time-series, multimodal, and physics-informed models.

• Apply anomaly detection, forecasting, RUL estimation.

• Build feature stores and implement MLOps pipelines.

• Perform model validation and drift detection.

• Communicate insights to leadership and mentor DS teams.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• MS with 10+ years modeling experience

• Expert in ML/DL for sensor/telemetry data.

• Experience deploying models in edge/cloud environments.

• Experience with ONNX, edge inference, or reinforcement learning.

• Security clearance level: Must be able to obtain Secret clearance.

Preferred

• Experience with ONNX, edge inference, or reinforcement learning.

• PhD Preferred

Suggested Technical Stack

• Python, R, Julia.

• ML/DL: PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost.

• Time-series: sktime, tsfresh, PyTorch Forecasting.

• MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow, DVC, Feast.

• Visualization: Plotly, Dash, Power BI.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave an