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Darkhorse Geospatial LLC

Data Scientist

falls church, VA

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Job description

Darkhorse Geospatial is hiring Data Scientists to turn complex, high-volume data into mission-ready intelligence for our federal customer. You'll build analytics, AI/ML models, and data pipelines that answer hard questions — extracting, transforming, and modeling data from a wide range of sources, then communicating findings through clear visualizations, dashboards, and briefings. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers, analysts, and operators to deliver tools that get used.

What You'll Do

Extract, transform, and load data from diverse systems using Python and SQL

Build and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows for analytics and AI/ML

Develop, evaluate, and deploy AI/ML models — including large language models — to address mission needs

Conduct statistical, mathematical, geospatial, and data-mining analysis

Design dashboards, visualizations, and infographics (Tableau, Tableau Prep) that make complex data actionable

Package models as reliable services and operator-focused dashboards (MLOps)

Build schemas and data models; query relational, graph, and search databases

Consult with customers to clarify analytic requirements and recommend data-driven solutions

Brief technical and non-technical audiences; produce reports, decks, and user documentation

Core Skills We're Looking For

Strong proficiency in Python and SQL

Hands-on experience with data pipelines, ETL, and large/heterogeneous datasets

Applied AI/ML experience — model training, evaluation, and integration of pre-trained models (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)

Cloud compute environments (AWS preferred — EC2, S3, Lambda)

Data visualization with Tableau (or equivalent) and dashboard design

Statistical analysis, data modeling, and algorithm fundamentals

Clear written and oral communication with technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to Have

Containerization and MLOps (Docker, Kubernetes, model serving)

Graph databases and query languages (Neo4j, Cypher)

App frameworks for analytic UIs (Flask, Gradio, Streamlit)

Geospatial analysis and GIS tooling

Elastic / Kibana, Elastic Data Analyst certification

Experience working in a cloud or data lake environment

Familiarity with JIRA and Agile delivery

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

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Worksite address

falls church, VA, 22042, US

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