Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Springfield, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
53 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 17, 2026

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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $134,671–$214,737 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $175k for comparable roles.

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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

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1481 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 897 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Data Scientist

As a Palantir Data Scientist on the national security team, you will collaborate with engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders to transform siloed, complex data into actionable intelligence. You will work closely with clients to understand their specific needs, digging into data-rich environments to solve information puzzles and advise on how to impact the tasking of national, commercial, and emerging assets. Your daily responsibilities include data exploration, cleaning, analysis, mining, and visualization to develop predictive models and quantitative analyses. You will utilize technologies including Palantir Foundry, Gotham, Python, R, and SQL. The role requires experience with structured and unstructured data, distributed computing tools like Spark or Hadoop, and visualization packages such as Plotly or Seaborn to solve mission-critical problems in national security.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Virginia?

Median $157672 from 84 postings across 8 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Transform varied and siloed data into actionable intelligence for mission-critical problems.
  • Deploy data workflows and models within platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham.
  • Develop predictive data models and perform quantitative analyses on targeted data sources.
  • Create dashboards and visualizations to communicate data insights to stakeholders.
  • Analyze structured and unstructured data to solve complex national security and defense problems.
  • Advise clients on data meaning and its impact on the tasking of national and commercial assets.
  • Lead the development of technical solutions for complex programs.

What we're looking for

  • Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
  • 5+ years of experience with data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, or mining.
  • 5+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis such as Python or R.
  • 3+ years of experience analyzing structured and unstructured data sources.
  • 1+ years of experience deploying data workflows and models within platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham.
  • Experience developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources.
  • Experience leading the development of solutions to complex programs.
  • Bachelor’s degree.

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