Data Scientist Senior

Job Description:

Deliver insights to help our clients turn data into action as a Data Scientist Senior at GDIT. Your work will provide transformative solutions to our clients’ big data obstacles and help advance the mission. Here, you can make a meaningful impact on our clients’ mission and on your career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. GDIT Technology Shared Services (TSS) is seeking a Data Scientist Senior to transform how government agencies use data. Our work depends on a Data Scientist Senior joining our team to work on Project Monologue, with a focus on delivering AI-powered virtual agent chatbots to Federal and State agencies.

HOW A DATA SCIENTIST SENIOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Accelerate product development by integrating advanced AI capabilities across our suite
• Modernize contact centers and service desks through enhanced self-service capabilities
• Implement generative AI (GenAI) with large language models (LLMs) and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) to deliver precise, data-driven responses
• Develop omni-channel functionality across voice and chat interfaces
• Enhance virtual agents through advanced features including classification and sentiment analysis
• Build an agentic framework enabling service ticket management, account administration, and intelligent journey orchestration

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent years of experience
• Experience as a data scientist
• Experience with generative AI (GenAI) using large language models (LLMs), RAG, and knowledge bases
• Expertise in AI/ML technologies on AWS, including Bedrock, Lambda, and SageMaker
• Experience in machine learning and statistical techniques and modeling with both quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience with Python libraries like Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, and PyTorch/TensorFlow
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve problems, communicate effectively, and implement novel solutions in a dynamic field
• Ability to obtain a public trust

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience fine-tuning LLMs for specific use cases
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML tools in Google Vertex AI and Microsoft Azure
• Background in NLP and conversational AI design
• Experience with agentic frameworks and orchestration systems
• Experience in forecasting, anomaly detection, classification, and clustering
• Skilled in data visualization using python and BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL processes, and database management
• Experience in government contracting
• Experience integrating AI solutions with legacy systems

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness package
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $105,622 - $138,000. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.