Data Scientist at CACI
Springfield, VA
$86,600–$181,800from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Springfield, VA
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data scientist role supporting a government agency's Business Analytics division, focused on integrating and modeling data from multiple sources, conducting statistical analysis and operational research, and presenting findings to senior leadership. The work spans data pipeline development, relational data modeling, data mining, and visualization, requiring both independent analytical execution and guidance of technical teams. An active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required from day one.
Senior level · 7+ years · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 Aug 1, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No work location is specified in the posting beyond CACI's general operations context. The role requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph from day one, which strongly implies a National Capital Region or similar cleared-work hub, but no city or CBSA could be confirmed from the text.
The DBMS requirement (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) lists three named tools as interchangeable options for a single 2-year gate; all three are captured with alternatives pointing to each other.
The ETL/manipulation requirement names Pandas and NumPy as examples ('etc.'), so both are captured as required with each other as alternatives; the 'etc.' signals other tools may satisfy the gate.
The visualization/statistical analysis requirement names Tableau, D3, ggplot, and matplotlib as a group for a single 1-year gate; all four are captured as required with the others as alternatives.
SQL, Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, R, Python, and Kibana appear only in the Desired section's narrative list and are marked preferred accordingly.
Machine learning algorithms (supervised/unsupervised), data engineering, Agile, and AWS all appear under Desired with specific year targets; they are marked preferred.
The alt SOC 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts) is noted because the role has a strong operational research and program evaluation component alongside the data science work.
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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