Leidos National Security Group is seeking a Data Scientist to support an enterprise IT program. The Customer requires support in all aspects of the data management lifecycle. The Customer’s unit provides data management support for a large, high-visibility area of responsibility. The Customer requires support in all aspects of the data management lifecycle, with a focus on advancing data management tasks, tracking data lifecycle processes, and implementation of the Customer’s rules and regulations. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment.

Primary Responsibilities

The Customer needs skills in metadata and data management; cataloging; data ingestion; data sharing; and strong interpersonal skills to be able to work with other units as required. The Customer project manager will manage the priorities. The Data Analyst will identify and catalog datasets relevant to the AOR and track datasets through their lifecycle; catalog datasets and records of varying volume, content, and structure following Sponsor requirements, standard operations procedures, and best practices, and provide ad hoc reports from the data catalog on specific topics requested by Customer. They will monitor data submissions and track through ingestion lifecycle; monitor data submissions and track through data ingestion lifecycle; coordinate with the Customer and system teams to troubleshoot data management and ingestion issues; and provide support and advice to the Customer for data submissions. The Data Analyst will also support the creation of workflows, visuals, and briefing materials for presentations as requested by the Customer; participate in regular meetings under the direction of the Customer; coordinate with the Customer to adjust data management priorities as needed; and provide support to the Customer’s organization for data sharing with other organizations. They will  support the Customer’s data compliance objectives by monitoring, tracking, and updating email groups and the training status of stakeholders and coordinate with the Customer to ensure all data handling decisions are tracked in enterprise data catalog.

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience using required processes to move data between systems or networks.
• Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience. Work experience can be used/combined with education
• Demonstrated experience cataloging datasets.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as a team.
• Demonstrated experience communicating with officers at multiple levels of seniority, including technical and non-technical officers.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and communicating information about data, including data characterizations such as type, size, and other metadata.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with programmers, engineers, and organizational leaders to identify opportunities for process improvements, recommend system modifications, and develop policies for data governance.
• Demonstrated experience using graphs, infographics and other methods to visualize data.
• Demonstrated experience developing presentations and reports based on recommendations and findings for internal teams and external clients.

Preferred Qualifications

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• Demonstrated experience working through required processes to move data between systems or networks at the Sponsor’s organization.
• Demonstrated experience working with the Sponsor’s enterprise data catalog.
• Demonstrated experience working with data and information with unique security concerns.
• Demonstrated experience applying organizational skills to complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience working through required processes to move data between the Sponsor’s organization and other organizations.
• Experience conducting full lifecycle analysis to include requirements, activities and design.
• Experience creating appropriate documentation for stakeholders to effectively communicate trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.