Iron EagleX, a GDIT company, contributes to the U.S. government’s mission of protecting our nation and enables our customers to make quicker decisions and act faster than our adversaries.
Fast API
Production Python Expertise
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of Defense’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.
Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology, delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments. Job Description:
Iron EagleX is seeking a Data Scientist SME to join our dynamic team in Crystal City, VA. This role creates and delivers innovative analytics through production software as a member of a fast-paced, multi-discipline team. This position is onsite and requires travel for 60-90 days to CONUS sites each year.
Job Duties Include (but not limited to):
Build and ship Python-based analytic services (APIs, batch, streaming) with CI/CD, testing, and containerization.
Build and update web-based GUIs (Streamlit, etc.) for the lightweight visualization of complex analytics.
Design and harden automated methods for linking disparate sources across very large datasets.
Own the lifecycle: ingest/ETL, modeling, deployment, and monitoring (performance, drift, data quality).
Work with analysts, developers, and other data scientists to turn workflows into robust, automated pipelines.
Apply supervised/unsupervised learning, graph methods, and statistical modeling.
Enforce engineering rigor: unit and integration testing, typing, code review, and documentation.
Identify data gaps/anomalies and improve TTPs and methodologies in classified environments. Required Skills & Experience:
Production Python expertise (packages, APIs/services, packaging, dependency management).
SQL proficiency; experience with large-scale systems (Trino, PostgreSQL, Hive; OpenSearch, ElasticSearch; distributed compute a plus).
Proven model productionization (FastAPI, batch jobs, or streaming), CI/CD, Docker, and Linux.Strong with NumPy, SciPy, pandas, scikit-learn, Matplotlib; comfortable moving from exploration to maintainable code.
Practical experience in entity resolution, graph/relational reasoning, and applied statistics.
Experience integrating structured, unstructured text, and semi-structured data.
Due to US Government Contract Requirements, only US Citizens are eligible for this role.
Desired Skills:
Orchestration & Data Quality: Airflow
Distributed & Streaming: Spark, Kafka
Development and CI/CD: Kubernetes, pytest
Observability & Reliability: Data & model drift monitoring
Education & Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Advanced degrees are a plus.
Security Clearance:
An active TS/SCI security clearance is REQUIRED and candidates must have or be willing to obtain a CI Poly. Candidates without this clearance will not be considered.
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5 + years of related experience
* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
10-25%
U.S. Citizenship Required
The likely salary range for this position is $204,000 - $276,000. 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.
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