Data Scientist Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Washington, DC · USD 185,000-200,000 / year · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

The Data Scientist Subject Matter Expert (SME) will lead and design complex data science projects, including machine learning and statistical analysis, across multiple workstreams.
This role involves collaborating with government stakeholders to modernize system workflows and architect methodologies for analyzing large volumes of law enforcement and intelligence data.

Lead and design machine learning, statistical analysis, and complex data science projects across multiple workstreams.
Collaborate directly with internal and external government stakeholders to diagnose system workflows and implement high-impact modernization strategies.
Architect innovative methodologies to ingest, analyze, and exploit large volumes of law enforcement, intelligence, investigative, and business data.
Develop custom mathematical models, data structures, algorithms, and specialized software code to optimize enterprise search and data discovery.
Utilize programming languages such as Python to build production-ready scripts for automated data collection, cleaning, and processing.
Design, test, and validate data quality frameworks and automated verification pipelines to ensure analytical integrity.
Coordinate across multi-disciplinary engineering and functional teams to deploy predictive models and evaluate operational impact.
Analyze multi-source data outputs and deliver clear, actionable recommendations to senior agency leadership.
Develop intuitive data visualizations, infographics, dashboards, and executive summaries to communicate technical findings to non-technical leaders.

10 years of experience as a Data Scientist, Data Engineer, or Developer acting as a technical development lead for collecting, cleaning, and analyzing massive datasets to build predictive models.
10 years of experience in software development and programming across multiple languages, statistical packages, dataset manipulation tools, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) frameworks.
8 years of experience utilizing data systems to acquire, extract, and structure data for research, exploration, and statistical analysis.
8 years of experience analyzing, interpreting, and discovering patterns in complex datasets using exploratory data analysis techniques.
8 years of experience cleaning, manipulating, munging, and sub-setting large-scale structured and unstructured data.
8 years of experience communicating technical findings, risk assessments, and analytical results to non-technical audiences using summary visualizations and tables.
Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn emerging technologies and operate effectively both independently and in mission-critical team environments.
Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly.