# Lead Data Scientist - SME

2 Openings Location: Suitland, MD | Hybrid Proposal Opportunity: This position is being recruited in support of an active federal proposal. Employment is contingent upon contract award, final customer requirements, and position availability. Candidates selected during the proposal phase may be asked to provide an updated resume and other information required for proposal submission. About the Role Essnova Solutions is seeking experienced Lead Data Scientists - SME to support a large-scale federal data and technology modernization initiative supporting the U.S. Census Bureau. This senior-level role will support advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data modernization initiatives involving complex and large-scale data environments. We are seeking highly experienced data science professionals with deep expertise in machine learning and deep learning, with particular interest in candidates experienced in Large Language Models (LLMs), MLOps/LLMOps, and Census data analytics. What You’ll Do Lead development of advanced data science and analytics solutions. Develop and apply machine learning and deep learning techniques to complex datasets. Support development

- **Id**: 1196766
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/essnova-solutions-lead-data-scientist-sme>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Suitland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-24T18:56:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T17:11:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 47
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3040
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation

## Company

- **Id**: 672943
- **Name**: Essnova Solutions
- **Domain**: essnova.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/essnova>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 129000
- **Max usd**: 253000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 450

## Technologies

- **LLMOps** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 47

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-24T18:56:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 22
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.622
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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