Data Scientist - Senior at GRVTY
Springfield, VA
$130,000–$150,000
Jul 5, 2026
Springfield, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level data science role supporting Intelligence Community missions, focused on building and maintaining analytic models, dashboards, and automated workflows to extract insights from large structured and unstructured datasets. The work spans risk scoring, geospatial analysis, and operational analytics, with an expectation of briefing senior leadership and mentoring junior staff. Suits an experienced data scientist with an active TS/SCI clearance and a background in IC or GEOINT environments.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $130,000–$150,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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). 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 (7)
The role blends data science (modeling, ML/AI, Python scripting) with heavy BI/analytics and GEOINT work — it could reasonably map to Operations Research Analysts (15-2031), but the 'Data Scientist' title and emphasis on advanced analytic models and predictive analytics tips it to 15-2051.
A Master's degree is listed as 'preferred' in the requirements section, not as a hard gate, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The CI Polygraph is listed as an ability-to-obtain requirement rather than a current possession requirement; the hard gate is the active TS/SCI clearance.
ArcView and ERDAS are listed as alternatives to ArcGIS — all appear under the same 'or related GIS tools' clause in the required section.
AI/ML and GEOINT experience appear only under the 'What Would Be Nice to Have' section and are therefore preferred, not required.
The pay range is explicitly labeled as the Virginia range; the role is inferred to be in the Northern Virginia / DC metro area given the Intelligence Community context and GRVTY's stated location.
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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