Data Scientist

Job ID: 2610579-OTHLOC-027

Location: Rock Island, IL, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-24

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Data Scientist

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 25% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Data Scientist (Remote - Preference if located in the Huntsville, AL or Rock Island, IL area) to support our Advanced Analytics Team to utilize the Army Vantage Data Analytics System to build/implement models, use/create algorithms and create/run simulations.

Job Description:

• Conduct analysis of mission data applicable in multiple domains.
• Formulate and interpret problems in mathematical or computational terms.
• Design, develop, use, and evaluate mathematical models, methods, and algorithm application to explore concepts and solve problems for the customer.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software algorithms (e.g. processing-intensive analytics, novel process development, manipulation of large data sets).
• Research analysis products and tools for possible integration to enhance Analytics and AI offerings.
• Create new tools and applications using a variety of software languages, frameworks, and libraries.
• Improve, support, and test a MLOps framework to support other team member's analysis work.
• Refine and enhance existing applications to better meet the customer's mission. Code, test, and maintain internally developed mathematical software tools.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree with (2) years of relevant experience; additional four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of graduate degree.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Relational database expertise in database storage, SQL queries, and primary/foreign keys.
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C/C , Java, and/or JavaScript.
• Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge of providing data analytics solutions.
• Hands-on experience creating algorithms and engineering tools for data processing and modeling and simulation.
• Practical understanding in machine learning deployment with a focus on optimization, including theoretical and numerical methods for refinement of models.
  
  

Required Clearance:

• Must be able to obtain a full Secret Clearance; Interim Secret required prior to start, SAIC will help to obtain.
  
  

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .