Data Scientist

You will serve as a DATA SCIENTIST in the Technical Service Center.

Location: Lakewood, CO

Duties

Provides data-driven solutions to mission challenges by developing workflows that transform raw structured and unstructured data into useful, actionable information, applying statistical modeling, AI/ML applications, optimization, and exploratory data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and relationships.

Designs, builds, and maintains data pipelines to collect, clean, validate, and organize data from multiple enterprise systems, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and usable for downstream analysis and reporting.

Develops analytical tools, queries, dashboards, and visualizations using programming and scripting languages such as Python, R, and SQL and business intelligence tools such as Tableau and the Microsoft Power Platform.

Develops data quality checks and procedures, and supports data governance best practices for data access, usage, metadata documentation, and security, ensuring analytical work aligns with Bureau policies, Departmental guidance, and Federal regulations.

Assists in developing, testing, and refining predictive and statistical models to support forecasting, workload estimation, and resource planning, validating results using standard statistical and computational methods.

Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to understand data needs, translate technical concepts, and ensure analytical projects meet program and business goals.

Translates the results of analysis into clear, actionable communications that equip Reclamation decision makers to make informed, data-driven decisions about programmatic and administrative functions.

Communicates technical work effectively with oral presentations to internal team members and Reclamation clients and collaborators. Drafts written technical documentation such as briefing papers, standard operating procedures, technical tool documentation, and technical memorandums.

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