Freelance Geospatial Data Scientist Jobs in Reston, VA

At GeoDelphi Inc., we harness the power of commercial data to drive innovation and deliver cutting-edge solutions. As pioneers in the geospatial industry, our Agentic AI Platform, Iris, accelerates speed-to-answer with powerful analytics, high-cadence data feeds, and expert-machine teaming. Join us in transforming data into actionable intelligence that keeps pace with world events. Learn more about our mission at www.inthewhitespace.com.

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist to deliver critical insights to our customer, TacSRT. The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) program leverages commercial satellite imagery and advanced analytics to provide timely situational awareness and operational planning products to combatant commanders. Your expertise will help support this mission by uncovering hidden activities within non-pixel data and delivering actionable information. Our ideal team member will have mathematical and statistical expertise as well as an inquisitive and creative mind. As you mine, interpret, and clean the data, we will rely on you to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover opportunities for TacSRT and their mission. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the TacSRT team, contributing to a shared vision and making a tangible impact on national security and operational effectiveness.

On Call: There may be occasional weekend requests from the client. Our team member must be willing to be on call for weekend requirements.

The candidate MUST be a US citizen and reside in the contiguous United States. The candidate must be a W2 employee of GeoDelphi, Inc. No 3rd party applications.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collect and analyze statistics and information from multiple sources to identify trends and gain maximum insight that can give the client a competitive advantage and communicate informed conclusions and recommendations across an organization’s leadership structure.
• Strategize and identify unique opportunities to locate and collect new data.

• Explore and mine data from many angles and determine what it means.

• Communicate data findings to the customer to provide critical information that will assist their approach and meet the business challenges of an evolving customer base and changing marketplace, using strong business acumen.

• Collaborate with the engineering and research & development teams to develop, refine, and scale data management and analytics procedures, systems, workflows, best practices, and other issues.

• Identify and recommend new uses for existing data sources; design, modify, and build new data processes.

• Implement new or enhance existing software designed to access and handle data more efficiently.

• Conduct scalable data research on and off the cloud.

• Build large and complex data sets.
• Deliver products within a 24 to 72-hour turnaround to support missions such as Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Economic Crisis, IUU-F fishing, etc.

EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data science with a focus on geospatial data analysis.

• Conducts statistical modeling and experimental design, tests, and validates predictive models.

• Experience with data visualization tools to deliver interactive, mission-critical products to internal and external stakeholders and clients.

• Proven experience in supporting military tactical operations.

• Demonstrated ability to perform effectively in high operational environments.

• Experience with non-pixel, non-semantic sensor data (e.g., AIS, ADS-B, ADINT, etc.).

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with Geographic Information Systems such as QGIS or ArcPro
• Experience with Python geospatial data analysis tools such as GeoPandas
• Knowledge and experience with intelligence, collection management, targeting, Geospatial and/or imagery analysis.
• Specialized training from any intelligence collection and analysis school or certification to include GEOINT Professional Certification, Activity-Based Intelligence Certification.

Benefits

GEODELPHI BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

• Unlimited PTO

• Federal Holiday Paid Leave

• 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave
• Employer-Paid STD/LTD
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 401K plan and Employer Match

• Professional Development Assistance
• Equity Incentive Plan

Who we are:

GeoDelphi, Inc. dba Whitespace is building an Agentic AI, Iris, for global leaders. Recognized as the most innovative company in the Geospatial Industry, Whitespace exponentially accelerates speed-to-answer with powerful analytics, high-cadence data feeds, and human expert-machine teaming. Our answers are rooted in truth data about human activity, delivering reliable decision advantage that keeps pace with world events. Whitespace is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. For further information, visit: http://www.inthewhitespace.com.

GeoDelphi Inc.. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, disability, or Veteran status.