Data Scientist

Job description

Data Scientist General Information: Requisition # 674: Locations USA-VA-Arlington: Posting Date 03/04/2026: Security Clearance Required - IRS MBI Remote Type Hybrid: Time Type Full time: Description & Requirements: Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Data Scientist to join our team in Arlington, VA. This role is a remote role preferably in the Washington DC area. As a Data Scientist, you will support the Internal Revenue Service’s mission to improve tax compliance, fraud detection, and risk identification across large, complex tax and financial data environments. You will work directly with government clients, program managers, and technical teams to understand business and compliance challenges, design analytical approaches, and deliver data-driven solutions that inform enforcement, audit prioritization, and fraud prevention efforts. In this role, you will develop, test, and deploy predictive and statistical models using structured and unstructured data to identify anomalies, non-compliance risk, and potential fraud within tax records and related datasets. You will contribute across the...