Data Scientist (TS/SCI with Poly Required)
$81,349–$135,866 year
On-site · McLean, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Data Scientist needed in McLean, VA with TS/SCI with Poly Required. Responsibilities include building production data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows at scale using Spark/PySpark; applying Python (Pandas, NumPy) for data manipulation; ensuring data security, privacy, governance, and compliance; using workflow tools (Step Functions, Airflow); containerization (Docker/Podman) and cloud deployments (AWS: S3, Lambda, Step Functions); working with PostgreSQL/MySQL at scale and SQL optimization; version control (Git) and CI/CD; collaborating with stakeholders to design data solutions with minimal oversight; plus experience with data lakehouse architectures, data governance tools, IaC, data lineage, and AI/ML integration. The role emphasizes strong problem-solving for data quality, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks, and requires excellent communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required Qualifications
- US Citizenship and active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
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