AITHERAS, LLC

Junior Data Scientist

Arlington, VA
Full Time
Entry Level

Junior Data Scientist / Performance Data Analyst I

Location: Washington, DC / Hybrid / Government Facility as Required
Clearance / Background: U.S. Citizen required; ability to obtain DOJ Public Trust and Secret clearance; active Secret preferred
Experience Level: 1–3 years

Role Summary

The Junior Data Scientist / Performance Data Analyst I supports a federal Management Information System program by helping collect, clean, validate, analyze, and visualize operational and performance data.

This role is ideal for an early-career data scientist with strong Python, R, SQL, Tableau, machine learning, NLP, and statistical analysis skills who is ready to progress from research, healthcare, or academic data work into federal mission analytics.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collect, clean, validate, and analyze structured and semi-structured program data.

  • Build SQL, Python, and R scripts to extract data, run calculations, automate recurring analysis, and reduce manual reporting effort.

  • Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards, visual reports, charts, and performance summaries.

  • Support data quality reviews by identifying anomalies, missing values, inconsistent records, and reporting defects.

  • Assist senior analysts with statistical modeling, machine learning, trend analysis, and performance measurement.

  • Translate complex datasets into clear summaries for non-technical stakeholders.

  • Document data sources, business rules, transformation logic, assumptions, and analytical methods.

  • Support recurring weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting requirements.

  • Review model outputs and error patterns to recommend improvements to analytical workflows.

  • Collaborate with senior data scientists, program analysts, project managers, and government stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Neuroscience, Public Health Analytics, or a related quantitative field.

  • 1–3 years of data science, data analytics, research analytics, BI, or machine learning project experience.

  • Hands-on Python experience using pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, matplotlib, spaCy, Keras, or similar libraries.

  • R experience using tidyverse, tidymodels, ggplot2, Shiny, or equivalent packages.

  • SQL experience for querying, joining, filtering, and preparing datasets.

  • Tableau, Power BI, R Shiny, or similar dashboard/data visualization experience.

  • Experience with machine learning classification, NLP, model evaluation, or predictive analytics.

  • Ability to inspect model errors, validate outputs, and communicate improvement opportunities.

  • Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.

  • Ability to explain technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.

  • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain required federal suitability/clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active Secret clearance or prior federal suitability.

  • Experience with federal, public sector, law enforcement, financial, healthcare, biomedical, or large statistical datasets.

  • Experience supporting performance metrics, KPI reporting, operational reporting, or program evaluation.

  • Experience building client-facing dashboards or interactive data applications.

  • Experience with BERT, NLP, unstructured text, topic segmentation, or terminology data.

  • Familiarity with data governance, data privacy, PII handling, CUI, or secure data environments.

  • AWS, Git, Jupyter Notebook, or cloud analytics exposure.

Tools / Technologies

Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Excel, Jupyter Notebook, Git, AWS, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, spaCy, Keras, tidyverse, tidymodels, ggplot2, Shiny, NLP, BERT, dashboards, data visualization, statistical modeling.

Share

Apply for this position

Required*
We've received your resume. Click here to update it.
Attach resume or Paste resume
Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or Paste resume

Paste your resume here or Attach resume file

To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more.
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 05/31/2026
Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Please check one of the boxes below:

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You must enter your name and date
Human Check*