Data Scientist/DB Lead (TS clearance required)

The Predictive Analytics and Cost Engineering (PACE) team is a data science team focused on creating data-driven cost estimates for programs. This role specifically manages the Historical Satellite Database, a central repository for space program cost/technical data. Responsibilities include daily data imports/exports, troubleshooting, and leading capability enhancements. The position also supports significant programs, capture efforts, and may involve proposal work, data analytics, and tool development. The candidate will analyze data sets to build engineering models, synthesize results, perform decision analysis, and communicate findings to stakeholders, contributing to affordability analysis and life cycle cost developments.

Must Have

• Manage Historical Satellite Database.
• Act as POC for SMD LOB data repository architecture and development.
• Act as POC for Human Space data repository.
• Lead data repository enhancements.
• Create ETL pipelines.
• Formulate functional and technical requirements from business problems.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Business Development, Program Finance, Estimating, Proposal Management, and ICE.
• Present briefings to colleagues, senior staff, and executives.
• Develop data-driven cost estimates for proposal efforts.
• Normalize cost and technical data.
• Answer questions around cost estimates and cost drivers.
• Bachelor's or higher degree in Math, Operations Research, Engineering, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Active TS Clearance.
• SQL experience.
• Experience with data transformation, data movement, or data analytics.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask, prioritize and balance multiple tasks.
• High degree of accountability and responsibility; self-starter.
• Experience with cost model development, data collection/normalization, data science, data analytics, systems engineering/architecture, spacecraft engineering, or finance.

Good to Have

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Master's degree in Math, Operations Research, Engineering, Finance, or related field.
• Experience with Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Experience working with cost models, predictive analytics, or decision analysis.
• Knowledge of financial systems, analysis, statistics.
• Experience working within the space systems industry.
• Knowledge of data management systems and/or data science.
• Ability to communicate technically oriented material to broader team.
• Familiarity with proposal development and/or government acquisition process.
• Strong team collaboration and leadership skills.
• Experience with Python focused on data transformation and data movement.
• Comfortable navigating technical and cost data.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage
• 401(k) match and company contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Flexible work schedules (9x80 every other Friday off)
• Incentive plan eligible

The Predictive Analytics and Cost Engineering (PACE) team is a data science team that combines technical engineering attributes and financial information to create data-driven cost estimates for program capture and support. The PACE team collects, normalizes and maps data to a standard work breakdown structure (WBS) to perform data analytics for internal and external customer support and deliverables. As part of the Finance and Business Operations (F&BO) organization, this team also works closely with Engineering and Technology (E&T), Strategy and Business Development (S&BD), Program/Proposal Management and Leads, Executive leadership and external customers.

In particular, this position would be in support of managing our Historical Satellite Database, a centralized repository for space program cost/technical data normalized to a standard WBS. This includes managing day to day activities with data imports/exports from a wide range of data sources, troubleshooting, as well as leading capability enhancements. In addition, this position would be in support of significant programs/capture efforts across the lines of business (LOB). This may also involve proposal and/or data analytics and cost estimating tool development or enhancements.

The role may include working on affordability analysis, life cycle cost developments, cost data analytics, forecasting cost and schedule, data collection and normalization, and design to cost. The candidate selected will be asked to analyze multiple data sets to build engineering models, synthesize results, perform decision analysis, and communicate findings with engineering colleagues and internal decision makers.

Responsibilities

In this position, you will:

• Manage our Historical Satellite Database that informs our forecasting tools, techniques and methods
• Be POC for architecture and development of our Strategic Missile Defense (SMD) line of business (LOB) data repository and support development of standard forecasting tools and dashboards
• Be POC for our Human Space data repository and support development of standard forecasting tools and dashboards
• Lead areas of data repository enhancements to build more efficiency and effectiveness into the utilization of data across PACE and other major functional organizations.
• Create ETL pipelines that clean, transform, and aggregate unorganized data into databases or data sources that are ready for analysis.
• Formulating functional and technical requirements from business problems
• Coordinate with Engineering, Business Development, Program Finance, Estimating, Proposal Management, and ICE around cost estimates.
• Present briefings to colleagues, senior staff, and executives.
• Develop data-driven cost estimates for proposal efforts that are parametrically derived.
• Normalize cost and technical data.
• Become knowledgeable and responsible to answer questions around cost estimates and cost drivers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or higher level degree degree in Math, Operations Research, Engineering, Finance, or any other related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree
• Currently active TS Clearance
• SQL experience
• Experience with data transformation or data movement or data analytics
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask, prioritize and balance multiple tasks at once
• High degree of accountability and responsibility with the ability to be a self-starter
• Experience with and understanding of one or more of the following: cost model development or data collection and normalization or data science or data analytics or systems engineering/architecture or spacecraft engineering fields or finance fields

Desired Skills:

• Currently active TS/ SCI clearance
• Master's degree in Math, Operations Research, Engineering, Finance, or related field or equivalent years of experience
• Experience with Power BI and/or Tableau
• Experience working with cost models, predictive analytics, or decision analysis
• Knowledge of financial systems, analysis, statistics, etc.
• Experience working within the space systems industry
• Knowledge of data management systems and/or data science
• Ability to communicate technically oriented material to broader team
• Familiarity with proposal development and/or the government acquisition process
• Strong team collaboration and leadership skills
• Experience with Python focused on data transformation and data movement
• Comfortable navigating technical and cost data with the intent of understanding the relationship between them when working a task and/or presenting results
• 5+ years of related experience

Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level:

Top Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely:

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Work Schedules:

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position:

9x80 every other Friday off

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

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Experience Level:

Experienced Professional

Business Unit:

SPACE

Relocation Available:

Possible

Career Area:

Data Science

Type:

Full-Time

Shift:

First