Data Analytics Lead

Osi Vision is seeking a Senior Data Analytics Lead to oversee and supervise a team of contractors supporting the development of data models, algorithms, and data science research for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) located in the National Capital Region (Washington D.C)/Maryland). This is contingent upon award of this Contract.

Overview of Support: The Senior Business/Automation Lead, leads and directs the overall efforts to advanced analytics processes in support of USCIS.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide support of domains of data science, formal research methodologies in the areas of 

statistics and mathematics, modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence, automation 

methods for reports and analyses, team organization methods (i.e., agile, scrum, etc.), 

documentation, and communication with stakeholders. 

• Maintain existing, and solve new and ad hoc efforts in data science, AI/ML modeling, and, for 

example, graph database use. Contexts, for instance, are for ongoing research into methods to 

automate complex aspects of USCIS production, and ad hoc scenarios where a Monte Carlo 

simulation might be employed to solve a facilities problem.

o Of note: OCDO’s role is to discover logic and methods for proving/suggesting 

feasibility – i.e., research and communication with business SMEs – whereas to be 

clear, a final technical solution with logic optimization, pipelines, etc. (i.e., software 

DevSecOps) are not what we do, and reserve such activities for counterparts in OIT.

• Identify use cases to leverage automation.

• Ad Hoc Data Science: imagine a roving group of data science support staff who can address 

problems as they arise where the problem requires modeling and advanced statistical 

knowledge.

• Support the use of graph databases to solve a range of problems: for example, using knowledge 

of graph database languages to query a graph database and answer statistical questions that 

require understanding familial relationships as defined in immigration law.

• Support research of ongoing, Agency-wide needs such as the development of FICO-like scores 

(i.e., the credit score) and metrics to serve production, reports, and analyses.

Build a data model or models of case complexity.

The contractor shall develop and assist with implementation of a model or models to assess case complexity automatically, using comparative data sources for information validation, indicators of case features that contribute to complexity, potential automatic case routing, and producing other insights and recommendations to support officers and leadership.

Support intelligent automation.

The contractor shall support automating analytical tasks and those processes that are systematic and  highly repeatable so that officers and staff may spend resources on more complex work that requires manual intervention (specifically, automation tools, platforms, or programs as provided by the Government). The support shall be focused on identifying and analyzing tasks that could be automated through business process mapping, and discovering data that support those process steps.

Employ machine learning to refine data models. 

The contractor shall support USCIS efforts to research methods and business logic to improve  processes (i.e., incorporating machine learning), and to create refined decision support information and expand case automation. Similarly, data scientists shall support methods for automatically revealing insights to support data-driven decision making, such as when model results can be incorporated with business intelligence products to help viewers discover pattern and direction of production. The contractor shall have knowledge of machine learning, algorithm generation and implementation, and support USCIS business in defining requirements to support machine learning efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have at least10 years of experience leading data analytics efforts.

• BA/BS degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields.

• Requires access to sensitive but unclassified information.

• Must be a United States Citizen.

• Must have resided in the United States for three of the past five years.

• Once selected for employment a complete security package, we will submit the package to the 

Office of Security & Integrity Personnel Security Division (OSI PSD) 30 days before start date 

of employment. The required forms and directions will be provided once selected as a 

prospective hire.

• Senior position oversight of the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts 

of all staff assigned in a specific job.

Desired Qualifications:

• MS/PhD degree in Data Science, Statistics, or Machine Learning preferred.