Senior Data Scientist (Business Operations) at QinetiQ US
Fort Meade, MD
$135,000–$185,000from the description
Jun 29, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports the US Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communication office, applying data science and AI/ML methods to satellite communications planning and decision-making. Day-to-day work involves building predictive models, data pipelines, and forecasting tools; producing executive-level dashboards and briefings; and translating operational SATCOM questions into analytical frameworks. It suits an experienced quantitative analyst comfortable working in classified government environments.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · 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 (9)
The role sits at the intersection of data science and operations research — it demands both ML/AI modeling (15-2051) and decision-support/forecasting work typical of operations research analysts (15-2031); 15-2051 was chosen as primary because ML, deep learning, and generative AI are foregrounded throughout the required qualifications.
The posting requires on-site client meetings within the National Capital Region, indicating the role is not fully remote despite the caller's declaration; the metro has been left blank per the caller's instruction to treat the pool as national.
A Secret clearance is explicitly required ('Secret Clearance required'); candidates must hold or be able to obtain one.
The Bachelor's degree requirement is a hard gate — the posting lists a specific degree field under Required Qualifications with no 'or equivalent experience' language. The Master's or higher appears only under Preferred Qualifications.
Power BI and Tableau appear together under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable options; emitted as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
AWS GovCloud and Azure Government appear together under Preferred Qualifications as cloud platform options; Databricks is listed alongside them in the same bullet.
genai.mil experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications; familiarity with it as a required skill is framed as 'demonstrated experience' only in the context of the preferred section.
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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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