Data Scientist II | Active Secret Clearance Required

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

Company Highlights:

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.