Data Scientist

The Organization: Sierra Management and Technologies, Inc.

Sierra Management and Technologies, Inc. (Sierra), provides unparalleled logistics and program management, cutting-edge software and IT system development, and innovative data science and analytics services to our Department of Defense clients as well as superior support to Government Contracting Facility Security Officers (FSO).

As a disadvantaged, minority-owned, small business, we are committed to exceeding expectations and fostering excellence within our workforce. Sierra has a proud history of hiring veterans and encourages those who have served in the armed forces to apply.

Sierra is an honored recipient of the following awards:

• HIRE Vets Medallion Award
• VETS Indexes Employer Award

About the Role:

The Data Scientist, Senior supports the Director of the Naval Sustainment System Aviation and the Naval Aviation Enterprise Chief Data and AI Officer by developing and deploying advanced analytic capabilities across the full spectrum of IPS elements.

Performs various tasks related to designing, building, operating, and improving the data pipelines, statistical models, and analytic products that inform weapon systems supportability, readiness, and maintainability decisions.

Collects, compiles, integrates, and analyzes large-scale logistics, maintenance, supply, acquisition, and financial data from disparate authoritative systems, and engineers repeatable processes to transform that data into decision-quality products.

Develops descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analyses to support requirements determination, spares and provisioning decisions, LCC analysis, budgetary and financial analysis, and IPS/R&M program management analysis.

Prototypes natural language processing and large language model techniques to unstructured sources such as maintenance narratives, discrepancy write-ups, technical data, and free-text remarks to surface actionable insight from data that is otherwise unmanageable at scale.

Builds and documents production-grade data pipelines and model development.

Supports modernization of legacy analytic processes by migrating and re-engineering existing code into the War Data Platform and associated tools.

Briefs findings, methodologies, limitations, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior Government leadership.

What Makes a Successful Candidate:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Must have:

• At least three (3) to ten (10) years of experience performing quantitative analysis, data science, or analytic engineering in support of a Department of Defense programs or comparable large-scale federal customer. Three (3) years of experience applying statistical analysis and modeling to operational or programmatic data to inform Government decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying analytic capabilities within an enterprise data platform or centralized data integration ecosystem, including work with authoritative data sources of record.
• Hands-on experience building distributed data pipelines using Databricks, Apache Spark, or equivalent. Proficiency in Python and/or R for statistical analysis and production data engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to produce recurring, high-visibility analytic products and to communicate methodology, assumptions, and limitations to non-technical decision-makers.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship and be able to obtain a security clearance

What to expect in our process

• Apply by submitting a cover letter and resume for the position
• Interview with the Hiring Manager
• Reference checks and degree verification
• Offer

We take care of our employees by providing the following benefits:

• Flexible work schedules and remote/hybrid opportunities (depending on the role)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options
• Dependent care flexible spending account
• Education reimbursement
• Voluntary insurance such as: short-term disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance
• 100% company-paid life + AD&D and long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off policy
• 11 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee assistance program

Equal Opportunity Statement

Building an inclusive, high-performing team that is diverse across lines of personal identity is integral to our success, and we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

This means we do not discriminate against any job applicant or employee because of their race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

E-Verify Statement

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the I-9 Form.