Senior Data Scientist - Palantir Foundry Lead (DoD)

cBEYONData + SMX; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

cBEYONData + SMX is seeking a Data Scientist to join our team supporting a Federal customer. You will bridge business needs and technical solutions, focusing on requirements analysis, business process improvement, and data-driven decision-making to support IT transformation and modernization activities.

You will lead and mentor Jr. developers, design Palantir Foundry-based capabilities, and build data models and reports from ERP and legacy systems, while collaborating across functions to deliver

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and active DoD Secret security clearance required.
• Onsite work 2 days per week at Taylor Building, Crystal City.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10 years of related work experience.
• Strong analytics, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience leading Jr. developers to deliver multiple projects.
• ≥5 years hands-on development in Python and PySpark.
• 3 years experience with Palantir Foundry.
• Experience with Dev/Ops and CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab.
• Knowledge of DoD requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation.
• Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and participate in discussions.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture (AWS/Azure).
• Proficiency with software engineering tools (estimation, issue tracking, version control, debugging).
• Proven ability to work independently and document code.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Jr. developers to deliver capabilities for the client.
• Design solutions using Palantir Foundry to meet business requirements.
• Analyze and design modifications to existing data model solutions.
• Define test cases and verify results.
• Build data models and reports from ERP and legacy system datasets.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Decision making

Team leadership

Python

PySpark

Palantir Foundry

Dev/Ops

CI/CD (GitLab)

Requirements elicitation

Database design

Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure)

Code reviews

Documentation

Independent work

Mission-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

GitLab

AWS

Azure

Job description

cBEYONData + SMX is seeking a Data Scientist to join our team supporting a Federal customer. You will bridge business needs and technical solutions, focusing on requirements analysis, business process improvement, and data-driven decision-making to support IT transformation and modernization activities.

You will lead and mentor Jr. developers, design Palantir Foundry-based capabilities, and build data models and reports from ERP and legacy systems, while collaborating across functions to deliver