Data Scientist

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

 

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

 

Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Data Scientist. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Data Scientist. Position Overview

The Data Scientist will be supporting the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, AIS provides a robust capability providing program/administrative support, analyzing fraud complaints, conducting proactive analysis of claims data, and providing specialized investigative support for DHS OIG criminal investigators conducting fraud and corruption investigations throughout the US to include Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and all US territories.

Location and Travel Details:

Position will be 100% onsite initially; location Alexandria, but could eventually become hybrid.
 

Key Responsibilities
 

AIS is currently recruiting for a Data Scientist with an Active Secret clearance for a contract role with a Federal Agency in Alexandria, VA. Duties include:

• Provide data science and advanced data analytics to support federal investigations. 

• Utilize data mining techniques to find patterns in large data sets. 

• Develop prototype software to meet the needs of specific data analytical tasks. 

• Participate in strategic planning sessions with case agents, fraud analytical groups and task forces in an effort to identify fraud and corruption schemes affecting the department. 

• Provide expertise in investigations by providing data input to affidavits and subpoenas and recommending possible investigative steps to obtain additional data. 

• Compile and analyze large-scale complex data sets, records, investigative files, complaint data and open-source intelligence data, including witness testimony, seized evidence, subpoenaed records/data, business records, contract claims data, in an effort to develop actionable intelligence information to assist in the investigation of fraud cases. 

• Help analyze and build profiles/links to identify criminal networks, offenses, suspects, and trends related to complex fraud schemes and patterns. 

• Review and analyze various law enforcement, internal, financial, and procurement databases, and conduct open-source searches to obtain necessary records to support complex investigations and prosecutions. 

• Input researched and analyzed data into various professional products including analytical summaries, graphs, or charts, and power point presentations for law enforcement use, prosecutions. 

• Fully proficient in the use of data science and data analytics software, including but not limited to Python, SAS, Structured Query Language (SQL), i2 Analyst’s Notebook, Tableau and Centrifuge. 

Required Qualifications
 

• Experience should be a minimum of three (3) years in a Data Science role.

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, data science, or directly related science or engineering field. Master’s Degree in the same preferred.

• Clearance: Active Secret Clearance is mandatory.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $94,000-$141,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.