Remote Sr. Data Scientist

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Data Scientist to support advanced analytics and machine‑learning initiatives within a federal cybersecurity environment. The Data Scientist role is ideal for a highly analytical professional experienced in transforming large datasets into actionable insights that drive mission‑critical decision making.

Responsibilities of the Data Scientist:

• Lead, manage, and support the development and training of predictive models for behavior‑based risk scoring, anomaly detection, and insider‑threat prioritization.

• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional federal partners to validate models using operational data and translate behavioral hypotheses into scalable, deployable algorithms.

• Apply advanced User Behavior Analytics (UBA) methodologies, emerging analytics techniques, and best practices to enhance proactive threat detection.

• Utilize expertise in OSINT techniques, behavioral science, data mining, predictive and prescriptive analytics, link analysis, network analytics, and both structured and unstructured text mining.

• Develop machine‑learning tools, pipelines, and processes to monitor model performance, data quality, and overall analytical accuracy.

• Support enterprise data extraction, data mining architectures, and analysis workflows across large, diverse datasets.

• Coach and review the work of junior analytics professionals as needed.

• Perform additional analytical duties to support mission success.

Qualifications of the Data Scientist:

• 6–12+ years of relevant experience in data science, advanced analytics, or machine‑learning engineering.

• Strong background in data extraction, data analysis, data mining architectures, and model development.

• Experience with predictive modeling, anomaly detection, behavioral analytics, and large dataset processing.

• Familiarity with statistics, mathematical modeling, and machine‑learning techniques (regression, clustering, neural networks, decision trees, random forest, etc.).

• Industry certifications such as CISSP or CCITP required

• U.S. citizenship required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science or closely related field.

Compensation for the Data Scientist includes:

• Salary range: $140,000 - $160,000

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO

This job opens for applications on 02/10/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

Keywords: Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Anomaly Detection, Insider Threat, Cybersecurity Analytics, User Behavior Analytics, Data Mining, Big Data, Data Visualization, Python, scikit‑learn, Regression Models, Neural Networks, XGBoost, Random Forest, Time Series Analysis, OSINT, Algorithm Development, IRS Cybersecurity, Federal Analytics, US Citizen

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