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Data Scientist
LeidosHyattsville, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 9 Jul 2026
Why This Role Stands Out
You'll thrive in this hybrid role as a Data Scientist at Leidos, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit and advanced skills in machine learning and NLP to tackle national security challenges, with a competitive salary range and exceptional benefits. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your expertise in cloud technologies and data analysis within a reputable organization that values employee development and offers significant career advancement potential. Apply today to make a tangible impact.
Quick Overview
Salary
$107.9k - $195.1k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Data Scientist | Hyattsville, MD, United States | Hybrid | $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
We're hiring on behalf of a leading technology company that serves government and commercial clients with innovative digital and mission solutions, recognized for its advanced capabilities in security engineering and data analysis. This organization fosters a culture of continuous learning and professional growth, tackling complex challenges critical to national security.
The Role
• Build statistical and machine learning models, including natural language processing (NLP), and develop automated solutions for complex challenges.
• Construct and execute complex database search queries across multiple databases using SQL and API interfaces.
• Perform web scraping and apply various techniques for processing unstructured data.
• Leverage automation and machine learning to manage data, predict scenarios, and make data-driven recommendations.
• Learn and utilize technologies such as AWS and Git.
What You'll Need
• Must possess a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical domain with 8-12 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 6-10 years of experience.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases and APIs for data extraction.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing (NLP), and familiarity with NLP libraries (e.g., spaCy, Hugging Face, NLTK).
• Proficiency with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Plotly, Seaborn, Matplotlib).
What's On Offer
• Competitive salary range of $107,900.00 - $195,050.00.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, holidays, 401K with company match, and parental leave.
• Opportunities for technical upskilling, education, and training support.
• Flexible work schedules to support work-life balance.
Apply via Haystack today!
Skills
SQL
AWS
Machine Learning
NLP
Tableau
Git
Hugging Face
Python
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