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Senior Data Scientist

Reston, VAFull-time$140k–$187k2026-09-04 → 2026-11-11
On-site · United StatesUnited States citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Senior Data Scientist developing scalable data solutions, LLMs, and graph-based analytics to support national security objectives and decision-making for government stakeholders.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (security clearance)

Builds

Production data pipelines, LLM-driven knowledge management tools, and graph-based analytical applications

Domain

National security / Intelligence / Big Data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, Spark, Hadoop, LLMs, Graph databases, MLOps, Data visualization

Preferred skills

Advanced statistics, NLP, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Generative AI, RAG, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Graph algorithms

Technologies

Python, SQL, Spark, Hadoop, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Cypher, Gremlin, SPARQL

Responsibilities

Automate and optimize data extraction, cleaning, and analysis using ETL pipelines; Process and analyze large-scale structured and unstructured datasets; Conduct end-to-end data science workflows from hypothesis to delivery; Design and implement LLMs for knowledge management and automation; Develop graph-based applications for production; Mentor junior data scientists; Partner with engineering to operationalize models; Present findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship