Data Scientist (Vantage) - Clearance Required at Logistics Management Institute
$111,426–$150,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building data pipelines, models, and visualizations in support of Army data initiatives, primarily within the Palantir Foundry and Army Vantage environments. Day-to-day work involves ingesting and transforming data from legacy systems, developing predictive analytics models, and producing real-time readiness dashboards. It suits an experienced data scientist with a strong Python and big data background who holds an active DoD Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ 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 (10)
The role blends data science (ML/modeling, predictive analytics) with substantial data engineering (ETL, pipelines, Medallion Lakehouse, Data Mesh), making 15-2051 Data Scientists and 15-1243 Database Architects both plausible; 15-2051 was chosen because predictive/prescriptive analytics and statistical modeling are foregrounded in the title and responsibilities.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as 'preferred' and the posting explicitly states 'relevant experience considered in lieu of a degree,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
Army Vantage is listed under both the required qualifications ('Knowledge of Army Vantage') and the Desired section ('Experience with Army Vantage'). It is treated as required given its explicit mention in the qualifications block and its centrality to the described work (loading data into Vantage, using Vantage workshops).
Java and TypeScript appear within the required qualifications block as part of a list of object-oriented programming tools, so they are treated as hard gates despite being secondary to Python in the role's narrative.
R and MATLAB are listed together as 'computational analysis tools' in the required qualifications; R is the primary skill name with MATLAB as an alternative since they serve the same function here.
The authoritative data sources (IPPS-A/MILPDS, GCSS-Army, GFEBS, DTMS/MEDPROS) appear only under the 'Desired' section and are listed as preferred accordingly.
The role is remote-eligible but the posting notes a preference for local presence at Crystal City, VA or Aberdeen, MD; the CBSA reflects the Washington DC metro area as the primary client site.
The '10 years of experience with Python' is the stated role-level experience requirement and is also captured as the years demanded on the Python skill, as the JD ties it specifically to that technology.
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.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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