Junior Data Scientist

**Description**

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a **Junior Data Scientist** to support a multi‑disciplinary team providing data analysis and visualization support across the Department of War (DoW) mission space. You will support data-driven decision making by analyzing data, developing basic models, creating visualizations, and generating actionable insights as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering analytical and software solutions for national security missions. This role is ideal for early-career data scientists passionate about solving real operational problems and building prototypes in an agile environment.

**This position is contingent upon award of a contract expected in January 2027**

**Essential Functions:**

+ Assist with processing, cleaning, and transforming structured and unstructured data.
+ Support development of analytic...