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Palantir Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

Springfield, VAFull-time$99–225K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$99–225K/yr
Location
Springfield, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Data Scientist will work on Booz Allen’s national security team, partnering with clients, engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders to turn complex, siloed data into actionable intelligence. The role involves understanding client needs, exploring data-rich environments, and advising clients on how information can support decisions and mission objectives across national security, commercial, and emerging-asset contexts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Data Exploration, requiredData Cleaning, requiredData Analysis, requiredData Visualization, requiredData Mining, requiredPython, requiredR, requiredStructured and Unstructured Data Analysis, requiredPredictive Modeling, requiredQuantitative Analysis, requiredSolution Development Leadership, requiredSQL, nice to haveFederated GEOINT Metrics, nice to haveMission Environment Data Analysis, nice to havePalantir Foundry, nice to havePalantir Gotham, nice to haveDashboard Development, nice to havePower BI, nice to haveAlgorithm Development, nice to haveNoSQL, nice to haveMapReduce, nice to haveHadoop, nice to haveHive, nice to haveEMR, nice to haveKafka, nice to haveSpark, nice to haveGurobi, nice to haveMySQL, nice to have

Qualifications

2+ Years Data Experience, requiredActive TS/SCI Clearance, requiredWilling to Take Polygraph, requiredBachelor's Degree, required2+ Years SQL Experience, nice to haveTS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Palantir Data ScientistThe Opportunity: As a Data Scientist, you're driven by curiosity and inspired by the challenge of uncovering insights from complex, messy data. You're passionate about solving real-world problems, and you're excited by the transformative potential of working with powerful tools like Palantir Foundry. In a world increasingly shaped by data, you see the opportunity to make a lasting impact from national security and defense to public health and critical infrastructure.

At Booz Allen, you'll be at the forefront of using Palantir’s advanced platforms to tackle high-impact, mission-critical problems. Working alongside engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders, you’ll transform varied and often siloed data into actionable intelligence. Your work will help clients make informed, data-driven decisions that truly matter.

As a data scientist on our national security team, you’ll work closely with your clients to understand their questions and needs and then dig into their data-rich environments to find the pieces of their information puzzle. Not only will you provide a deep understanding of their data, but you’ll also advise your client on what the information means and how it can be used to make an impact on the tasking of national, commercial, and emerging assets.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 2+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining
  • Experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis such as Python or R
  • Experience analyzing structured and unstructured data sources
  • Experience developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources
  • Experience leading the development of solutions to complex programs
  • Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
  • Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

  • 2+ years of experience with SQL
  • Experience with the design, production, and implementation of a federated approach to provide end-to-end GEOINT collection performance metrics that ensure continuity, consistency, agreement, transparency, and awareness
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured data in mission environments
  • Experience deploying data workflows and models within platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham
  • Experience building dashboards and visualizations using Foundry or Power BI
  • Experience in the development of algorithms leveraging SQL or NoSQL, R, or Python
  • Experience with distributed data or computing tools, including MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL
  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,618 open Data Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$99–225K/yr
  • Virginia median$131–188K/yr295 salary ranges
  • US median$133–210K/yr3,652 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $162K, is close to the Virginia median midpoint ($161K) — in the middle half of Data Scientist salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 375 open Data Scientist jobs in Virginia and 4,618 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Data Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,010 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,262 of the 4,618 open Data Scientist jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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