Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist - Databricks Genie & AI Analytics #1087

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required.Current CBP/DHS clearance highly preferred.

High-Level Project Summary: Dev Technology is seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist with hands-on experience in the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, including Databricks Genie, to help transform how business and technical users interact with enterprise data. This role will develop AI-powered analytics solutions that enable users to query data using natural language, generate insights from complex datasets, and accelerate decision-making across the organization.The ideal candidate combines strong data science and machine learning expertise with advanced knowledge of Databricks, data engineering concepts, semantic modeling, and generative AI applications.

What You'll Be Doing: You will be part of a mission-focused delivery team that encompasses application development and analytics work, and helping to drive innovation to solve agency mission concerns.

• Design, develop, and deploy advanced analytics and machine learning solutions using Databricks
• Configure and optimize Databricks Genie spaces to enable natural language access to enterprise data
• Develop semantic models, business metadata, and governance processes that improve the accuracy of Genie-generated responses
• Develop and maintain notebooks, workflows, dashboards, and data pipelines within Databricks
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure high-quality, governed datasets are available for Genie and AI applications
• Support development of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), LLM, and AI-agent use cases leveraging Databricks capabilities

Required Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree and ten years of working experience in the information technology field
• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, advanced analytics, or AI/ML engineering
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks
• Experience configuring and administering Databricks Genie
• Strong expertise inPython,SQL,PySpark
• Experience developing semantic layers, data models, and business-friendly metadata structures
• Experience working with structured and unstructured datasets
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and metadata management
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Databricks certification
• Experience supporting federal agencies

Dev Technology provides IT solutions to meet the mission-critical needs of government by exceeding our clients’ expectations through partnership, a commitment to teamwork, collaboration, and valuing our employees. At Dev Technology, our employees enjoy the company of their coworkers and genuinely care about their well-being, creating a unique environment throughout our offices. We have been rated as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for 13 years in a row based entirely on the results of employee surveys. We offer many unique benefits to support our employees throughout their careers, such as our Center of Innovation, Dev University, and our Mentorship Program. Join our team and make a difference!