Senior Data Scientist

General information

Requisition # R62986 Locations USA-DC-Washington Posting Date 09/02/2025 Security Clearance Required Public Trust/Suitability Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Transform the future of federal services with MANTECH! Join a vibrant, energetic team committed to enhancing national security and public services through innovative tech. Since 1968, we’ve partnered with Federal Civilian sectors to deliver impactful solutions. Engage in exciting projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and more. Ignite your career and drive change. Your journey starts now—innovate and excel with MANTECH!

***This is for a future opportunity***

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Senior Data Scientist to join our innovative team in Washington, DC.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protects America by enforcing federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. Its mission focuses on preserving national security and public safety through criminal investigations and immigration law enforcement. This includes combating transnational crime and identifying, detaining, and removing individuals who violate immigration laws.

In response to this challenge, ManTech, as a trusted mission partner of ICE, seeks capable, qualified, and versatile Senior Data Scientists to help lead the development and delivery of high-quality predictive modeling solutions. Successful applicants will serve as recognized subject matter experts in the application of quantitative methods, machine learning algorithms, and predictive models to address complex national and homeland security challenges.
 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform hands-on analysis and modeling involving the creation of intervention hypotheses and experiments, assessment of data needs and available sources, determination of optimal analytical approaches, performance of exploratory data analysis, and feature generation (e.g., identification, derivation, aggregation).

• Collaborate with mission stakeholders to define, frame, and scope mission challenges where big data interventions may offer important mitigations and develop robust project plans with key milestones, detailed deliverables, robust work tracking protocols, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Demonstrate proficiency in extracting, cleaning, and transforming ICE transactional and mission data associated within an identified problem space to build predictive models as well as develop appropriate supporting documentation.

• Leverage knowledge of a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques and methods to define and develop programming algorithms; train, evaluate, and deploy predictive analytics models that directly inform mission decisions.

• Participate in projects including those intended to identify patterns and/or anomalies in large datasets; perform automated text/data classification and categorization as well