Senior Data Science Consultant
INTECON · Washington, DC
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Jul 16, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior data science role embedded within a Pentagon SCIF, supporting a U.S. Air Force mission assurance program. The work centers on building AI/ML models, analytical pipelines, and decision-support dashboards inside the Palantir Foundry platform to aid risk analysis and operational planning. A Palantir Foundry Application Developer Certification is required, along with 10+ years of data science experience and an active Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Master's required · Top Secret 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)
The job title is 'Senior Solutions Architect' but the posting body consistently describes a 'Senior Data Science Consultant' role focused on AI/ML modeling and advanced analytics — the title appears to be a mislabel or template artifact. The role's actual work aligns squarely with Data Scientists (15-2051).
Clearance: the JD requires an active Top Secret (TS) and the ability to obtain TS/SCI with caveats. The hard gate is TS; SCI is listed as an obtainable add-on, so clearance is coded as TopSecret rather than TopSecretSci.
Palantir Foundry Application Developer Certification is explicitly marked 'REQUIRED' in the qualifications section and is treated as a hard gate.
Python and R are listed as interchangeable options ('Python, R, or similar'); Python is named first and is the canonical skill, with R as the alternative.
TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn are listed as interchangeable ML framework options; TensorFlow is named first with the others as alternatives.
NLP/text analytics, cloud analytics platforms, and ML certifications (AWS/Google) appear under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are not hard gates.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AWS Machine Learning Specialty.
Requires a Top Secret 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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