Data Scientist, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type: On-site
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 69 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 · Data Scientist, Senior

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JOB TITLE: Data Scientist, Senior The Data Scientist, Senior joins a team dedicated to transforming complex structured and unstructured data into actionable information to solve global challenges. In this role, you will lead the development of algorithms and systems while guiding teammates through data-rich environments. You will work closely with clients to identify needs, perform data retrieval and cleaning, and build advanced analytics and AI/ML models. Key responsibilities include modeling, accuracy evaluation, testing, and creating visual narrative products for non-technical leadership. You will utilize skills in mathematics, statistics, information science, probability modeling, data mining, data engineering, and data warehousing. The work involves leveraging LLMs and agentic AI to address specific problems in domains such as fraud detection, cancer research, and national intelligence on classified networks.

What does a Data Scientist earn?

Median $173200 from 338 postings across 66 companies.

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Skills

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence LLMs Agentic AI Data Engineering Data Warehousing Data Mining Statistics Probability Modeling TEVV Information Science Mathematics Accuracy Evaluation Testing Validation IoT

What you'll do

Build advanced analytics and AI/ML models, specifically leveraging LLMs and agentic AI.
Perform data retrieval, cleaning, modeling, accuracy evaluation, and testing.
Lead the development of algorithms and systems to solve complex data problems.
Translate disparate data points into objective answers to advise clients on informed decisions.
Visualize complex data and concepts for non-technical leadership to highlight system risks.
Create graphical, written, visual, and verbal narrative products from complex technical findings.
Provide deep understanding of data meaning and practical applications to clients.

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 building advanced analytics and AI/ML models, including LLMs, agentic AI, data retrieval, and visualization.
Experience working on classified networks in support of DoW or IC clients.
Ability to visualize complex data for non-technical leadership, highlighting system risks and articulating "go or no-go" criteria.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with scientific techniques such as mathematics, statistics, AI, or data engineering.
12+ years of experience with scientific techniques such as mathematics, statistics, AI, or data engineering in lieu of a degree.
Experience reviewing technical documentation for compliance, executing TEVV procedures, or evaluating AI robustness (preferred).

Data Scientist, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

Springfield, VA 61 days ago $99,000–$225,000

Python R SQL NoSQL Machine Learning NLP Spark Hadoop Kafka Hive EMR MapReduce MySQL Plotly Seaborn ggplot2 Data Visualization Data Mining

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