Senior Data Scientist / Analysis Lead

Zaden Technologies is hiring a Senior Data Scientist / Analysis Lead to lead the independent analysis function on a ground data processing modernization effort supporting a national security space mission. As legacy applications move from bare-metal systems into a modern on-prem cloud environment, you'll prove — with data — that each modernized application does no harm, validating performance, timing, and output equivalence against the legacy baseline. Rather than a manual test bench, you'll build this proof as an automated, repeatable capability. This is a full-time, on-site position in Aurora, CO, with an anticipated start of January 2027.

Role Responsibilities:

• Design and run baseline captures on legacy applications (outputs, timing, resource envelopes) and replay-based comparisons against modernized builds
• Build automated analysis pipelines that diff telemetry and generate per-application, per-release performance and regression reports
• Define the metrics, acceptance thresholds, and evidence standards used to accept each migrated application
• Present independent findings to program leadership and stakeholders with clear, defensible data
• Mentor supporting data engineers and test automation engineers as the analysis team grows

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance, or current TS/SCI eligibility, and U.S. citizenship
• 7+ years in data science, quantitative analysis, or test and evaluation for complex software or mission systems
• Strong Python and data engineering skills (pandas or similar, SQL, data pipelines) and statistics fundamentals
• Experience analyzing system or software performance data (latency, throughput, resource utilization) and automating that analysis
• Ability to work independently as a trusted verification voice on a multi-company team

Preferred Qualifications:

• IV&V, independent assessment, or test and evaluation background on DoD programs
• Experience with containerized environments and CI/CD-produced builds
• Physics, signal processing, or sensor data background

What we offer:

• Robust startup environment with a variety of projects to work on
• Growth paths and endless opportunities to learn and develop
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time off
• Employer contributions toward 401k
• 50% coverage of health insurance for employees and their dependents