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Loch Harbour Group, Inc. is seeking experienced Data Scientist II professionals to perform advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and data integration in support of financial, business, and inventory management operations within a federal program environment.

This role requires strong statistical expertise, hands-on data engineering capability, and experience building scalable analytics solutions. The selected candidate will translate complex operational data into actionable insights that support leadership decision-making, audit readiness, and process optimization.

This position requires full-time onsite support in San Diego, CA and an active Secret clearance at time of hire.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform advanced analysis of financial, business, and inventory data to identify trends, anomalies, and performance drivers
• Cleanse, transform, and integrate data from multiple enterprise systems to ensure integrity and usability
• Develop predictive models and forecasting analyses to support financial planning, inventory risk assessment, and operational decision-making
• Design and build dashboards and executive-level visualizations using Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, and Excel
• Research and resolve data discrepancies, exception reports, and cross-system inconsistencies
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define analytical requirements and develop scalable data architectures
• Conduct operations research and apply statistical methodologies to improve financial and asset management processes
• Support accountable property and inventory analytics through development of data-driven insights
• Develop documentation of methodologies, assumptions, models, and outputs in accordance with government standards
• Present analytical findings to audiences ranging from operational teams to executive leadership

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in data science, analytics, or advanced statistical analysis

Required Technical Skills

• Experience with software integration or testing, including analyzing and implementing test plans and scripts.
• Experience with frequent scripting language use, such as Python and R and using packages commonly used in data science applications or advanced analytics
• Experience with data science, data mining, statistics, or graph algorithms to support analytics objectives.
• Experience applying Structured Query Language (SQL), Non Structured Query Language (NoSQL), Application Program Interface (API) Building, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines, Web Application Servers, or Search Index.
• Experience using programming languages and products such as Python, Jupyter Notebook, Pandas, Numpy, Requests, or Antigravity.
• Experience applying complex mathematical and statistical concepts.
• Experience applying statistical and operations research methods and tools.
• Experience employing spreadsheets for data manipulation and visualization.

Relevant industry certification such as required:

• CompTIA Cloud Essentials
• Microsoft Technical Associate (MTA)
• Certificate of Cloud Security (CCSK)
• CompTIA A+
• CompTIA Security+
• EMC Data Science Associate (EMCDSA)
• Cloudera Certified Data Scientist (CCDH)
• Certified Apache Hadoop Developer (HCAHD) (Hortonworks)
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Cloud Professional (CCP) (Cloudera)
• Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
• Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
• Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE)
• Private Cloud
• Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) (Cloudera)

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance (required at time of hire)
• Ability to work onsite in San Diego, CA

At LHG, we offer our employees a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Our benefits package features:

• Competitive salaries
• Paid time off
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid short/long term disability
• Company paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance
• 401(k) (up to 5% matching)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Other company perks

The Loch Harbour Group is an equal opportunity employer, all interested qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, D/M/V/F. LHG welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce.