Senior Data Scientist

Mission Bridge Partners is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to support an established federal healthcare program focused on advanced analytics, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making.

This position offers the opportunity to apply sophisticated data science techniques to complex healthcare challenges, supporting performance measurement, program evaluation, and operational improvements across a federal healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in machine learning, healthcare data modeling, synthetic data generation, and cloud-based analytics. This is a highly collaborative, hands-on role requiring strong technical capabilities, analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to work effectively with government stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and apply advanced machine learning techniques, including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, to support healthcare analytics and decision-making.
• Develop, analyze, and optimize healthcare-specific data models and patient or population cohorts to support program evaluation and performance measurement.
• Build and analyze synthetic data models and cohorts to support analytical initiatives.
• Conduct advanced statistical analysis and predictive modeling to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights within complex healthcare datasets.
• Perform analytical work within secure, client-approved cloud environments while adhering to federal security, privacy, and data governance requirements.
• Develop reproducible analytical workflows, maintaining clear documentation of methodologies, data lineage, model parameters, and results.
• Utilize version control and established development practices to ensure consistency, transparency, and maintainability of analytical solutions.
• Support artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives, adapting analytical approaches to evolving customer requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams, program leadership, and federal stakeholders to translate complex analytical findings into meaningful recommendations.
• Communicate technical concepts and analytical results clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Required Qualifications

• Federal Background Investigation: Successful completion of a Tier 1 (Low Risk) background investigation is required.
• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a closely related quantitative discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in data science, advanced analytics, machine learning, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience applying supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning techniques.
• Strong experience developing and analyzing healthcare-specific data models and cohorts.
• Experience building or working with synthetic data models and synthetic cohorts.
• Proven experience performing advanced analytics within cloud-based environments.
• Strong understanding of machine learning methodologies, statistical modeling, and analytical best practices.
• Ability to document analytical processes and produce reproducible, well-organized technical deliverables.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Tier 1 (Low Risk) background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Databricks for large-scale data processing, analytics, and machine learning.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and analytics platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
• Experience using Git or similar version control systems.
• Prior experience supporting federal healthcare agencies or government healthcare analytics programs.
• Familiarity with healthcare data governance, privacy, and security requirements.

Mission Bridge Partners is a federal talent advisory and government contracting staffing firm focused on connecting mission critical programs with mission-ready talent. We partner with prime contractors, growth focused federal integrators, and program delivery teams to build high performing workforces aligned with specialized contract requirements.

We understand the complexities of the federal marketplace; proposal deadlines, key personnel commitments, clearance constraints, labor category compliance, and rapid task order ramp-ups. Our approach is defined by precision, responsiveness, and disciplined execution. From capture through delivery, Mission Bridge Partners operates as an extension of our clients’ teams, reducing staffing risk, accelerating hiring timelines and strengthening program performance.

Our expertise includes:

• Cleared recruiting (Public Trust through TS/SCI)
• Direct hire placement and talent acquisition support
• Capture and proposal staffing strategy
• Key personnel identification and commitment support
• Tactical recruiting advisory for scaling GovCon organizations

Our team brings decades of experience supporting federal programs across agencies including DHS, DOD, DOS, DOJ, HHS, and VA. We work with organizations that understand successful federal programs depend not only on capability, but on having the right people in place and ready to deliver from day one.

Mission Bridge Partners | Bridging mission demands with mission-ready talent.