The Department of the Army, U.S. Special Operations Command, is searching for a Data Scientist to serve as Deputy Data Science Team Director at Task Force 40-25, according to a job posting on USAJobs.gov.
Within US Army Special Operations Command, TF 40-25 is an irregular warfare-focused task force supporting theater special operations commands, combatant commands, and interagency partners.
According to the posting, duties for the Deputy Data Science Team Director include:
- Advises Task Force leadership on the recruitment and training of Data Science Team personnel and application of data science expertise.
- Leads studies and manages projects across multiple research and analysis domains including Natural Language Processing, graph, and anomaly detection, operational performance, programmatic optimization, talent management, and related fields.
- Integrates scientific and technological efforts with and in support of other Task Force 40-25, 1st Special Forces Command, and USASOC elements.
- Supervises other Data Science Team personnel; is prepared to act as Data Science Team Director in the Director’s absence.


