Senior Data Scientist at Maximus
Pierre, SD
$153,000–$182,000from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Pierre, SD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level data science role supporting a U.S. Special Operations Command program focused on the health and well-being of special operations personnel and their families. The work centers on building and refining machine learning models, statistical analyses, anomaly detection systems, and data collection pipelines, while also mentoring junior analysts and advising operational stakeholders. Candidates need 7+ years of applied data science experience and an active secret clearance.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (8)
Active Secret clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate ('This position requires active secret clearance').
The degree requirement is stated as 'Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience', so no formal degree is hard-gated; MS or PhD are noted as preferred.
The JD names no specific data science toolkit or visualization tool by product name (e.g., scikit-learn, Tableau, Power BI) — only generic categories are mentioned, so no specific tool could be extracted beyond the capability category.
Distributed/cloud computing experience is explicitly called 'a plus' in the posting, so it is marked preferred.
The posting notes this position is 'pending upon award' — the role may not yet be funded.
The caller has directed that this be treated as fully remote with no metro inferred, overriding the posting's soft preference for Tampa, FL.
Requires a 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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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