Lead Data Scientist

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Department Summary

MITRE's Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization (CGEM) works across US Treasury, Commerce, and the Veterans' Administration. These agencies affect every household in the country; our job is to make them more effective. The Tax and Data Analytics department (P823) is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join our team, located in McLean, VA. As a key member of our technical team, the Data Scientist will help the IRS and Tax Administration Division (ITA) by providing technical expertise and task/project leadership on projects using data science, data strategy, management, and governance, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to achieve sponsor mission goals.

Roles and Responsibilities

We are presently seeking a mid-career data scientist for the US Treasury program. Our data-intensive work spans:

• Improving the customer experience for people interacting with the agency

• Detecting tax non-compliance (identity theft, fraud, filing error, missing filings ...)

• Anticipating non-compliance (developing schemes before observation is feasible)

• Sampling and design of experiments

• Forecasting (service demand, resource performance, program value)

• Assessing tools and technology for government data science use

• Developing data and analytics strategy

Responsibilities include

• Applying in-depth technical knowledge in the field of data science, statistics, data engineering, and/or mathematics to critical sponsor problems

• Developing technical solutions to meet sponsor needs

• Providing task leadership or project leadership to small functional teams to drive outcomes and oversee tasking

• Perform across a broad range of assignments

• Engage with sponsors to present technical topics in a way that is intelligible to an executive audience and shape MITRE's tasking

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

• Academic background in statistics, machine learning, math, operations research, computer science, or related technical field

• 2+ years of experience with typical data science tools/technologies such as R, Python, Java, SQL, and/or Git

• 2+ years of experience with inferential statistics, sampling, and design of experiments

• Possess or demonstrate the ability to gain a thorough understanding of the IRS sponsor's mission, organization, and environment

• Experience leading small scale technical teams to deliver an outcome

• Ability to receive and maintain an IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) Suitability (US government clearance)

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of the tax administration ecosystem, e.g., compliance processes, taxpayer service, IRS technology and infrastructure

• Familiarity with data architecture and data management concepts and strategies, such as the data lifecycle, data stewardship and governance

• Experience working with or leading multidisciplinary teams

• Demonstrated ability to define outcomes and work plans for mid-size projects or programs

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Suitability - IRS

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type

Hybrid

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