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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:\nWe are seeking a Lead Data Scientist for MITRE’s Acquisition Affordability and Business Analytics Department within the MITRE Technology and Engineering Acquisition Division. Our team partners across the FFRDC and with government partners to solve complex mission and business challenges through advanced analytics, economic modeling, and decision support capabilities. Our work spans:\nCost Estimation and Analysis\nInvestment Economics & Decision Analysis\nStrategic Business & Financial Analytics\nMITRE is hiring experienced analysts to help expand and mature our business analytic and data science capability in support of a diverse set of internal and external sponsors. The work requires engagement with sponsors and multidisciplinary teams to frame analytic problems, identify and prioritize tasks, and report findings to support strategic and operational decision-making. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical thinking, intellectual curiosity, effective communication skills, and the ability to translate complex data into compelling insights that drive action and mission impact.\nThe role covers the full analytic lifecycle, including:\nIdentifying, sourcing, integrating, and validating complex datasets\nExploring and cleaning structured and unstructured data\nApplying statistical methods, predictive models, and analytic techniques to derive insights from data\nInterpreting findings within the context of relevant policies, regulations, budgets, and broader political or operational environments\nTranslating technical analyses into meaningful conclusions and recommendations for stakeholders\nDeveloping analytic tools, dashboards, or reusable capabilities to support ongoing decision-making\nDelivering findings through written reports, presentations, and in-person briefings to technical and non-technical audiences\nIn addition to core data science activities, this position supports broader department capabilities that apply analytic rigor to sponsor problems across cost, economic, and business domains. Work may include:\nLife-cycle cost estimating\nTradeoff and affordability analyses\nDecision analysis\nPortfolio investment analysis\nBusiness case analysis\nBusiness intelligence and performance analytics\nCandidates should expect a dynamic and collaborative environment where tasks are rarely routine and often require innovative and adaptive approaches. Successful team members are comfortable working across multiple projects simultaneously, operating with limited structure or supervision, and engaging directly with sponsors to solve complex, ambiguous problems.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nIdentify sources of information and gather a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions that have implications for MITRE and its government sponsors\nSelect and apply analytical methods and techniques, including exploratory data analysis, time series analysis, linear regression, text analysis, and machine learning\nDraw conclusions from analyses and clearly and concisely articulate key findings in both written and verbal form\nLead the presentation of findings to senior level stakeholders\nRecommends and develops data visualization products that improve the presentation of complex data sets and analyses\nTranslate unstructured data and nontraditional sources of information into business insights\nExplore sponsor environments for cross-government challenges and identify potential best practices\nDevelop investment, economic, and decision analyses, including business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses, analysis-of- alternatives, and portfolio analysis\nDevelop strategic business and financial analyses, including but not limited to economic studies, cost recovery strategies, budget development & planning, and affordability analysis\nAssess government and industry cost estimates and economic analyses\nWorks independently with minimal guidance while proactively identifying, analyzing, and communicating significant issues, findings, risks, and opportunities to leadership and stakeholders.\nLead small teams on tasks or small projects while training or assisting junior staff\nBasic Qualifications:\nTypically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.\nBachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or other engineering or quantitative analysis field\nExpertise in python or R for data science and modeling\nExpertise in code environment management and versioning (e.g.., Git, IDEs)\nExperience programmatically accessing and integrating structured and unstructured data from enterprise databases, APIs, and cloud-based data platforms\nExpert in data processing, exploratory data analysis, and work with both structured and unstructured data sources\nExpert at machine learning and natural language processing, including model tuning, computer vision, time-series analysis, and related packages (e.g., scikit-learn)\nAbility to independently identify that best statistical and/or machine learning methods for a given task\nAbility to leverage AI as a responsible augmentation to work, including judgement when to validate and tune LLM outputs\nExpertise in choosing appropriate visualizations to communicate findings utilizing data visualization approaches and software, including PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, and visual development through leaflet, R Shiny, plotly, seaborn, ggplot, or other packages\nExpert at use of statistical methods including regressions, forecasting, and hypothesis testing\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nExpertise with MS Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint\nMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.\nThis position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Business, Operations Research, Data Analytics, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or other engineering field\nExpertise in additional programming languages including SQL or java\nExperience with software engineering best practices and agile devops software development processes\nExperience with econometric/economic modeling and analysis\nWorking knowledge of federal budgeting and spending mechanics, processes, and data.Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) and OMB Circular A-11\nAcquisition reform and PPBE reform initiatives\nFederal Acquisition Regulations\nCapital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC)\nFederal spending data, including: USASpending.gov, SAM.gov, or FPDS-NG\n\nInvestment modeling and analysis, cost benefit analysis, experience in handling large datasets for data driven analysis, policy and investment analysis, and economic analysis in support of regulatory policy, pre- and post-implementation analysis, forecasting, and applied research\nExpertise and experience with data engineering and cloud computing (i.e., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure)\nCost estimating experience, including development of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) or use of parametric cost estimating tools (PRICE, SEER SEM, etc.)\nSource selection cost evaluation experience\nICEAA Certification or Defense Acquisition Workforce Initiative Act (DAWIA) certification desired\nPossess an active Top Secret level security clearance\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nNoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nTop SecretSalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$155,200 - $194,000 - $232,800 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.\nCommitment 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. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email  for general support and  for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.\nBenefits information may be found here.\nCopyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. 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