Senior Data Scientist: DoD Mission Analytics (Onsite)

Nortex Cyber Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Nortex Cyber Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support mission-critical DoD analytics, modeling, and integration efforts at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA. You will work with complex datasets to build analytical solutions, improve data access, and enable informed decision‑making.

The role requires hands-on experience with Databricks and Palantir Foundry, strong Python/SQL skills, and the ability to operate in a secure, collaborative environment. Onsite work at the Pentagon is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building production data pipelines and analytics solutions.
• Strong Python (pandas, PySpark) and SQL skills for data wrangling and exploration.
• Experience with NLP, text mining, or ML techniques in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on Databricks and Palantir Foundry production experience.

Responsibilities

• Collect, explore, clean, transform, and analyze structured and unstructured data to identify trends and insights.
• Develop, validate, and deploy statistical analyses and predictive models for operational needs.
• Apply NLP and text mining to extract meaningful information from complex datasets.
• Design and optimize scalable data pipelines using Databricks and Palantir Foundry.
• Develop data integration solutions using Python, PySpark, SQL, and Delta Lake.
• Integrate data from REST APIs with secure authentication (OAuth 2.0, certificates).
• Maintain data models, Ontology objects, and analytical apps within Palantir Foundry.
• Create dashboards and visuals for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support AWS data storage (S3, IAM) and CI/CD (GitLab).
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and government stakeholders to translate requirements.

Skills

Python (pandas PySpark)

SQL

Data exploration

NLP / ML

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

REST APIs OAuth2

AWS S3 IAM

GitLab CI/CD

Data modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / CS

Tools

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

Power BI/Tableau

GitLab

Job description

Nortex Cyber Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support mission-critical DoD analytics, modeling, and integration efforts at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA. You will work with complex datasets to build analytical solutions, improve data access, and enable informed decision‑making.

The role requires hands-on experience with Databricks and Palantir Foundry, strong Python/SQL skills, and the ability to operate in a secure, collaborative environment. Onsite work at the Pentagon is required.