Pre Award: USAF MA- Senior Data Science Consultant - Pentagon, VA
Barbaricum · The Pentagon, VA
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Jul 14, 2026
The Pentagon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level data science role supporting a U.S. Air Force Mission Assurance program, focused on building predictive analytics models, automated data pipelines, and decision-support tools within platforms such as Palantir Foundry. The work involves designing risk simulation models, financial-to-operational frameworks, and executive dashboards for senior military leadership, while also mentoring junior analysts. Suited to a cleared data scientist with deep experience in defense or national security environments.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Master'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 (10)
An active TS/SCI clearance is an explicit hard gate; candidates without one cannot be considered.
A Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, or a related quantitative field is explicitly required — equivalent experience is not offered as a substitute.
Palantir Foundry Application Developer Certification is listed as a hard requirement alongside Palantir Foundry platform experience.
Advana is mentioned alongside Palantir Foundry in the responsibilities narrative rather than in a formal requirements section; it is treated as preferred context rather than a hard gate.
MARMS, Maven, and Envision appear under 'Desired Qualifications' and are therefore preferred.
The role is tied to an anticipated contract (Headquarters Air Force Mission Assurance Program), so the position may be contingent on award.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Travel of approximately 25% CONUS/OCONUS is required, and a valid US passport is listed as a qualification — neither is representable as a skill but both are genuine requirements.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): predictive modeling, data governance.
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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