Data Scientist

Job ID: 2614421

Location: McLean, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-09

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Data Scientist

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join our Data Modeling Team. This position is located in Mclean, VA and requires a TS/SCI with polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.
• Demonstrated experience with ECL and HPCC (5 years minimum in ECL).
• Demonstrated experience using analytic techniques and tools performing technical targeting analytic support for this Sponsor across a spectrum of mission spaces to include applying analytic judgement to data presented.
• Demonstrated experience manipulating high-volume structured and unstructured data to perform analysis and generate sound mission relevant analytic reporting/products.
• Demonstrated experience using computer languages (e.g., Python, C, SQL) to perform large scale parallel processing of the sponsors data. These languages complement ECL.
• Demonstrated experience performing large scale parallel processing of data, and developing, validating, and using methodologies to support analytic requirements in Clustered Computing environments.
• Demonstrated experience with data modeling.
• TS/SCI with polygraph.

Target salary range: $240,001 - $280,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .