Data Scientist Team Lead (R-00230)

About this role

True Zero Technologies, a veteran-owned small business, was founded on the principle that the purposeful enablement of people and technology in an organization directly ties to the quality of its outcomes. True Zero recognizes that those outcomes begin and end with our people, and that is what we have built a community of like-minded, driven, and passionate individuals and innovators who are aligned in a common goal of delivering top-tier services to our customers. Our culture and commitment have been recognized through numerous accolades, including being named one of the Best Places to Work in 2023 in two categories (“Prosperous and Thriving” ($5MM–$50MM in gross revenue) and “Mid-Atlantic Region” (DC, DE, MD, NC, VA, WV)), and again in 2025 as a Best Places to Work honoree. In addition, True Zero earned coveted spots on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America in 2022, 2023, and 2025 , a testament to our sustained growth driven by our people-first approach and unwavering dedication to excellence. This role will serve as a senior technical resource responsible for developing data models, machine learning capabilities, analytical workflows, and cybersecurity automation across large and disparate enterprise data sets. The role will work closely with Security Operations Center personnel, cyber threat hunters, cyber threat intelligence analysts, penetration testers, digital forensics personnel, and cybersecurity engineers to transform security telemetry and threat intelligence into actionable defensive capabilitie Job Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of technical data science solutions supporting enterprise cybersecurity operations. Develop data models and automation capabilities that enhance security monitoring, detection, threat hunting, UEBA, and correlation of cybersecurity information across the ICE enterprise. Design and implement custom algorithms, analytical processes, and data architectures for complex enterprise scale data sets used for modeling, data mining, research, and cyber defense. Develop advanced analytical capabilities supporting predictive risk analysis, risk identification, risk mapping, cyber risk cost analysis, supply chain threat identification, and User and Entity Behavior Analytics. Design data pipelines and workflows that ingest, normalize, correlate, and analyze information from multiple disparate security and enterprise data sources. Develop machine learning algorithms and models to identify anomalous behavior, emerging cyber threats, attack patterns, and other indicators of malicious activity. Develop metrics and trending analysis covering enterprise security anomalies, threat actor activity and impact, user behavior anomalies, and other relevant cybersecurity data. Apply data science and automation to cyber threat hunting activities to increase analytical maturity and reduce manual investigative processes. Incorporate data science modeling into operational threat hunting and support predictive threat simulations designed to estimate cyber attack probability and potential cost or impact. Develop capabilities that correlate cyber threat intelligence with assets, users, and security events to evaluate the potential financial and operational impact of cyber incidents. Support development of custom Indicators of Compromise and Indicators of Attack detection and alerting mechanisms. Develop visualizations, dashboards, and other high visibility reporting capabilities that communicate complex cybersecurity data, trends, risks, and analytical findings to technical and leadership audiences. Design and develop automation supporting security tool administration, cybersecurity analytics, customized searches, and security applications. Support integration of analytical capabilities with Security Information and Event Management and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platforms. Support ICE User and Entity Behavior Analytics capabilities and the development, integr