CBRN Data Scientist at Apogee Engineering, LLC
Arlington, VA
$100,000–$145,000from the description
Aug 13, 2026
Arlington, VA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports Headquarters United States Air Force (HAF/A10) at the Pentagon, translating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) data into operational insights for Air Force strategy, policy, and doctrine. Day-to-day work spans CBRN threat analysis, test and experimentation support, hazard prediction modeling and simulation, and development of custom modeling and visualization tools. The position suits a scientist or analyst with a defense/national security background and active TS/SCI clearance. Contingent on contract award.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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The role blends CBRN domain science, operational analysis, policy review, and custom software/modeling development — it does not map cleanly to a single SOC. Data Scientists (15-2051) was chosen as the primary code given the emphasis on translating complex scientific data into analytical insights and operating/developing modeling and simulation products; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a reasonable runner-up given the custom software and M&S tool development duties.
Programming languages (Python, C++, Visual Basic) and M&S tools (VLSTRACK, HPAC, JEM) appear only in the responsibilities narrative, not under a formal requirements or qualifications section, so all are marked preferred rather than required.
The minimum clearance stated in the qualifications is an active Top Secret with SCI eligibility; TS/SCI is listed under Preferred Qualifications. The hard gate is TS with SCI eligibility, which maps to TopSecretSci.
This position is explicitly contingent upon contract award.
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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