Data Scientist
Themis Insight · Fort Meade, MD
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Jul 14, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data scientist role supporting intelligence community clients in the Fort Meade, MD area, requiring an active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Day-to-day work involves analyzing large, complex datasets using statistical modeling, machine learning, and programming to answer mission-driven analytic questions, then translating findings for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Suits candidates with a quantitative degree and at least three years of hands-on experience across multiple data science disciplines.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,107 (middle half $108,024–$176,763).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
A TS/SCI with Polygraph is a hard gate — candidates without it or the ability to obtain one will not be considered.
The degree requirement is firm (Bachelor's minimum in a STEM field), though the JD allows a range of related disciplines with sufficient advanced coursework, or an Associate's degree plus 5 years of experience as an alternative path. Because a specific degree is required and equivalent experience alone is not accepted, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
The experience requirement is stated as 3 years with a Bachelor's degree (or 5 years with an Associate's); 3 years is used as the overall years minimum.
The JD requires skill in 'at least one high-level language (e.g. Python)' and 'at least one mid-level language (e.g. C)' — Python and C are captured as the named examples; alternatives such as Java or C++ would also satisfy these gates.
The JD lists a broad menu of skill areas (machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis, data modeling, data management, AI, numerical methods, graph theory, time series, software engineering) and requires candidates to have experience in 'some combination (2 or more)' of them, with 'more than three areas strongly preferred.' Machine learning, Python, C, statistical analysis, and data mining are treated as hard gates based on their explicit listing in the required experience section; the remaining skill areas are marked preferred as they are part of the broader optional menu.
The role is on-site in the Fort Meade, MD vicinity (NSA/CSS mission context); no remote option is indicated.
The alt SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted because the JD explicitly includes software engineering and programming as qualifying experience areas, though the primary day-to-day work is clearly data science.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data management, time series analysis, software engineering.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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