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This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.Department Summary:\nThe Trusted Intelligence & Public Safety Software Systems (TIPSS) Department within MITRE Technology and Engineering (MTE) provides technical expertise in support of public safety and national security missions. This position resides in TIPSS and supports work led by the Domestic Security & Strategic Intelligence (DSSI) Division.\nTIPSS partners with DSSI departments to bring a multidisciplinary approach to sponsor challenges critical to national security. Its work researches, develops, applies, and accelerates the adoption of advanced capabilities and technologies across law enforcement, analytics, data strategy and management, investigative operations, prototyping, biometrics, and mission solutions.\nPosition Summary:\nMITRE is seeking an Intermediate Data Scientist to help turn large volumes of Department of Justice (DOJ) sponsor data into meaningful insights and actionable recommendations that advance the sponsor’s mission.\nWorking under the guidance of senior technical staff and in coordination with project leadership, the selected candidate will use hands-on coding and data analysis to investigate mission questions, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop evidence supporting recommended actions. The role includes preparing reproducible analyses, visualizations, models, and presentations that help sponsors understand findings and put recommendations into practice.\nThe supporting project operates at the intersection of mission, operations, and artificial intelligence. This position offers a recent masters graduate the opportunity to develop technical skills while contributing to real-world mission challenges.\nThis role requiring on-site presence consistent with corporate policy, between MITRE space and Sponsor space in the District of Columbia. Occasional travel may be required.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nWork with senior technical staff and project leadership to understand sponsor needs and translate mission questions into focused analytical tasks.\nUse Python, SQL, and related tools to access, clean, combine, and analyze large datasets.\nExplore data to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities to improve sponsor capabilities and operations.\nApply statistical methods and develop analytical models, with guidance, to assess findings and support recommendations with sound evidence.\nCreate visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Power BI to make findings understandable and useful.\nHelp develop actionable recommendations, assess their expected benefits and limitations, and identify how the sponsor could put them into practice.\nPrepare reports and presentations that explain the evidence behind recommendations and help sponsors make informed decisions and adopt improvements.\nMaintain organized code, document data sources and analytical methods, and use version control so that analyses can be reviewed, reproduced, and updated.\nParticipate in peer reviews, incorporate feedback, and communicate progress, questions, and data limitations to the team.\nBuild familiarity with the sponsor’s mission and relevant technologies in identity management, biometrics, information management, and artificial intelligence.\nBasic Qualifications:\nU.S. citizenship is required as this position requires having and maintaining a Top-Secret clearance.\nMaster’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical field.\nFoundational experience using Python or a comparable programming language for data analysis, demonstrated through coursework, academic projects, internships, research, or personal projects.\nFamiliarity with SQL and relational databases.\nUnderstanding of basic statistical concepts and methods for exploring, analyzing, and interpreting data.\nAbility to communicate analytical findings clearly through writing, visualizations, and presentations.\nOrganizational skills and attention to detail sufficient to maintain clear documentation and reproducible analytical work.\nAbility to work collaboratively, incorporate feedback, and complete assigned tasks under the guidance of experienced staff.\nAbility to obtain accounts on the sponsor’s unclassified and classified networks.\nAbility to meet on-site requirements consistent with corporate policy and travel occasionally as needed.\nNo prior full-time professional experience is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience in the following areas may be demonstrated through coursework, projects, internships, or undergraduate research:\nUsing Python and SQL to prepare and analyze data.\nCreating dashboards or visualizations in Power BI or Tableau.\nUsing Git or other version control tools to manage code changes.\nApplying statistical or machine learning methods to practical questions and evaluating the reliability of results.\nTurning analytical findings into recommendations and presenting the supporting evidence.\nExposure to biometrics, identity matching, name matching, or human-language technologies.\nClearance: In addition to passing MITRE’s employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance. This is determined by the Department of Defense’s adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship. Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCI/PolygraphThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCI/PolygraphSalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$98,800 - $123,500 - $148,200 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.\nMITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. 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