Computer Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type: On-site
Location: Washington, DCMcLean, VA
Salary: $99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Computer Scientist

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As a Computer Scientist on the national security team, you will serve as an advanced data scientist and researcher focused on strategic intelligence. You will lead complex data exploration and analytics projects, evaluating AI methodologies to improve government efficiency. Your daily responsibilities include developing new testing, evaluation, verification, and validation procedures, as well as performing continuous auditing and AI risk mitigation. You will build modular and scalable testing libraries using object-oriented and functional programming. Required technical skills include experience with CI/CD pipelines, LLMs, agentic AI, statistics, probability modeling, data mining, and data engineering. You must be able to correlate complex technical findings into visual and written narratives for non-technical leadership while working on classified networks in support of Department of Defense or Intelligence Community clients.

Skills

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence LLMs Agentic AI Data Science CI/CD Statistics Data Engineering Data Warehousing Data Mining Probability Modeling Object-Oriented Programming Functional Programming TEVV Information Science Mathematics IoT

What you'll do

Lead complex data exploration and analytics projects for national security missions.
Evaluate AI methodologies and risk mitigation strategies for strategic intelligence usage.
Develop and execute testing, evaluation, verification, and validation (TEVV) procedures.
Build modular and scalable testing libraries using object-oriented and functional programming.
Build and evaluate the performance of advanced analytics, specifically LLMs and agentic AI.
Manage CI/CD pipelines that include specific AI or ML validation steps.
Translate complex technical findings into visual and written narratives for non-technical leadership.
Identify system risks and define clear "go or no-go" criteria for stakeholders.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience correlating complex technical findings into graphical, written, visual, and verbal narrative products.
5+ years of experience with object-oriented and functional programming to build modular and scalable testing libraries.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including AI or ML validation.
Experience building and evaluating outputs and performance of advanced analytics, particularly LLMs and/or agentic AI.
Experience working on classified networks in support of DoD or IC clients.
Ability to visualize complex data and concepts for non-technical leadership, highlighting system risks and "go or no-go" criteria clearly.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with scientific techniques (math, statistics, AI, ML, etc.) or 12+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.