senior data scientist

Salary

$98, $205,482.58 Annually

Location

City of Miami, FL

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

SUPP

Department

Building

Opening Date

10/21/2025

Closing Date

10/31/2025 5:00 PM Eastern

An Equal Opportunity Employer

THIS RECRUITMENT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL POSTING TO THE ORIGINAL RECRUITMENT.

APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED AND WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE, BUT NOW MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSLISTED BELOW AND WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION MUST RE-APPLY.

SALARY OFFER WILL BE BASED UPON CANDIDATE'S EXPERIENCE.

This advanced and highly technical role is critical in establishing data-driven decision-making processes within the City of Miami.

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and management of the City's data strategy, playing a key role in shaping how data is used to improve city services and operations. The role involves assessing the city's current data landscape, co-designing data architecture, developing data pipelines, and delivering advanced analytics and visualizations for stakeholders. In addition, this position drives the adoption of data governance standards and ensures that the City's data assets are effectively used to generate actionable insights. Work is performed with significant discretion and judgment under minimal supervision and requires both technical expertise and strong analytical capabilities. This position may supervise other professional and technical staff members, as well as third party consultants. Reports to a higher-level administrator.

• Serves as a subject matter expert for data assets and information management across departments.
• Designs and manages data pipelines, ensuring data is cleaned, transformed, and prepared for analysis.
• Leads the development of advanced analytics, machine learning models, and visualizations that inform key decision-makers on city operations and policies.
• Builds and maintains large scale analytics infrastructure.
• Creates and revises dashboards to provide real-time insights, incorporating feedback from stakeholders to ensure relevance and usability.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to improve data flows, ensuring the City's data infrastructure is robust, scalable, and meets operational needs.
• Establishes and maintains data governance practices, ensuring data quality, integrity, and security across all departments.
• Documents data models, flow charts, and reporting schemas to provide a clear blueprint of data operations.
• Leads process improvements through data-driven innovations and contributes to broader city-wide technology strategies.
• Develops performance metrics and key indicators to measure the effectiveness and quality of data-driven projects and initiatives.
• Stays current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data science, analytics, and machine learning.
• Engages with regional and national partners in data science and civic technology to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• May supervise subordinate staff or consultants as it relates to data, tables, and other related information as needed to accomplish projects and ensure quality control.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

• REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Data Analytics, or a closely related field and thorough (5 years or more) in Data Science. Master's degree preferred.

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience beyond a high school diploma or its equivalent and some (6 months or more) of the required experience.

NOTE:

Other applications or programming languages may be required based upon developments in the IT arena and the City of Miami's or department's needs.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Must be willing to be on-call 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays, when necessary.

Applicants selected to fill the position may be subject to undergo and successfully pass a City of Miami Police Department background check depending on the location of the assignment.

Applicants, including City of Miami employees, must upload and submit attached copies of the following documents with the employment application. Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile but they will not attach automatically and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.

ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEAR, LEGIBLE, AND IN PROPER FORMAT.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION AND ARE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PROOF:

• Proof education in the form of Bachelor's in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics or a closely related field or higher from an accredited college or university. Foreign diplomas/degrees must be submitted with a credential evaluation report from an approved credential evaluation agency*. Translations of diploma/degrees are not accepted. If degree/diploma does not reflect the academic major on its face, transcripts indicating degree completion must be submitted. Audit/Academic reports are not accepted as substitutions for college transcripts.

• To qualify under the equivalency clause, applicant must provide proof of education in one or more of the following applicable forms: copy of high school diploma, or equivalent, OR any higher accredited degree such as an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's degree or higher.

• Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies:

Credential evaluation reports showing the United States equivalency for academic credentials earned in other countries may be provided by:

• An accredited four-year college or university in the United States, OR
• A current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), OR
• A current member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), OR
• A recognized Professional Organization

For additional list of approved credential evaluation agencies visit the Florida Department of Education

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required documents submitted with the employment application are in a format that is acceptable, clear and legible for eligibility determination or risk being disqualified.

Applicants, including City of Miami employees, must completely detail their work experience on the employment application or risk being disqualified. Resumes are not required and will not be reviewed in place of the employment application.

It is the applicant's responsibility to update their online profile with personal data, work experience, education, and certifications, when submitting application(s), failure to do so may result in disqualification.

Applicants must provide a valid email address in order to receive notification of eligibility.

Veterans Preference: Veterans Preference is awarded in accordance with Florida State Statute If veteran's preference is being claimed, it must be indicated on the application form and proper documentation, including all forms DD-214 (Member 4) and the applicable FDVA- Veteran's Preference Certification Form(s) in accordance with rule 55A Documentation of Preference Claim, must be submitted with the employment application.

FDVA Certification Forms: Please complete the applicable Veterans' Preference Certification Form(s). Form(s) must be uploaded with your employment application along with acceptable proof of veterans' preference.

Form VP1: VETERANS' PREFERENCE CERTIFICATE

Form VP2: CURRENT MEMBER OF THE RESERVE CERTIFICATION

FORM VP3: UNREMARRIED WIDOW or WIDOWER CERTIFICATE

Selection Preference for City Residents: In accordance with APM 2-02, applicants for classified positions who are City of Miami residents and new hires will receive preference in selection from interview ranking bands provided that any two (2) of the following documents are submitted with the employment application and again at time of interview:

A. Utility bill dated within 60 days of the date of submission

B. Valid Florida Driver License or State-issued I.D.

C. Property Tax Statement dated within 1 year of the date of submission

D. Properly executed valid lease agreement

E. Homestead Exemption dated within 1 year of the date of submission

F. Motor Vehicle Registration dated within 90 days of the date of submission

G. Official school records or transcripts, dated within 90 days of the date of submission

H. W-2 (or 1099) Tax Form dated within 1 year of the date of submission

City of Miami residents are granted selection preference over non-City of Miami residents within the same ranking band resulting from an interview process.

Selection Preference: Selection preference within the same ranking band resulting from an interview process will be granted in the following order: 1) preference eligible veterans, 2) active City of Miami employees, 3) City of Miami residents, 4) all others.

OPEN/NON-COMPETITIVE

An Equal Opportunity Employer

• Medical Insurance
• Dental
• Comprehensive Vision
• Pre-Paid Legal Services, Identity Theft Protection, (eligible for enrollment after completing 90-day waiting period)
• Paid Leave (Vacation, Ill time, holidays, bereavement)
• Life Insurance
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Options for deferred comp, credit union membership, and supplemental life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement

Note: Benefits subject to change.