Junior Data Scientist

Job description

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a Junior Data Scientist to support a multi‑disciplinary team providing data analysis and visualization support across the Department of War (DoW) mission space. You will support data-driven decision making by analyzing data, developing basic models, creating visualizations, and generating actionable insights as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering analytical and software solutions for national security missions. This role is ideal for early-career data scientists passionate about solving real operational problems and building prototypes in an agile environment. This position is contingent upon award of a contract expected in January 2027 Essential Functions: - Assist with processing, cleaning, and transforming structured and unstructured data. - Support development of analytics, machine learning and statistical models, and exploratory data analysis. - Create basic visualizations to identify patterns, trends, and performance indicators. - Work with senior data scientists and developers to translate user needs into analytic tasks. - Contribut...