Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

Overview: GovCIO is currently hiring for a Data Scientist to support the Department of Veterans Affais (VA) data Modernization initiative. This position will be fully remote located within the United States. Responsibilities: * Consult with internal clients and build data products / workflows to support critical operations * Migrate and modernize clients’ workload from legacy environment to the cloud to realize quantifiable improvements * Spearhead AI adoption with clients to drive business outcomes * Create reference use cases with supporting tutorials, reference code, and training to drive the adoption of cloud tooling for concrete business results * Host office hours to upskill clients * Develop, train, and deploy machine learning to solve complex business problems Qualifications: **Required Skills and Experience** * Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline,\+15 years experience (or commensurate experience). * Proficient in Python and advanced SQL for data analysis * 2\+ years’ experience performing work on leading cloud platforms such as Databricks, Azure, AWS, and GCP * Experience in the end\-end data science workflow, from identifying datasets to production, and associated tooling (NumPy, SciPy, MLFlow) * Solid understanding of traditional machine learning toolboxes * Working knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI workflow * **Clearance Required:** Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance **Preferred Skills and Experience*** 5\+ years data scientist experience shipping multiple products in operation * 2\+ year experience in building visualized insights (dashboards and reports) supporting operational needs * Prior experience using R / Stata / SAS * Experience of refactoring of R / Stata / SAS codebase to Python * Prior experience shipping products leveraging LLMs or AI agents Posted Salary Range: USD $185,000\.00 \- USD $205,000\.00 /Yr.