Senior Data Scientist — TS/SCI Clearance

Momentum Engineering; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

3 weeks PTO

Group medical plan

Dental, vision, life insurance

STD/LTD plans

Job summary

Momentum Engineering, Inc. seeks a Data Scientist to design scalable data workflows, automate reporting, and develop reliable data transformation and ingestion solutions at Fort Meade, Maryland.

The role emphasizes repeatable automation, robust data validation, and modern analytics capabilities, requiring strong Python and SQL skills, experience with ETL/ELT, and the ability to deliver secure, mission-focused data products.

Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
• Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Strong Python development experience and SQL skills.
• Experience developing ETL/ELT workflows and data transformations.
• Experience building reusable automation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and automate reporting and data-processing workflows.
• Develop scalable ETL processes for incremental and batch data ingestion.
• Perform data transformation, cleansing, validation, aggregation, and shaping.
• Develop reusable Python automation packages and scripts.
• Build and maintain SQL-based data-processing workflows.
• Support dashboard automation and reporting capabilities.
• Develop processes to improve data quality and reliability.
• Document data flows, automation processes, and procedures.

Skills

Python development

SQL

ETL/ELT workflows

Data preprocessing/validation

Automation

Education

Master's degree + 6 years

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Associate's degree + 10 years

Tools

Pandas

PySpark

Polars

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. seeks a Data Scientist to design scalable data workflows, automate reporting, and develop reliable data transformation and ingestion solutions at Fort Meade, Maryland.

The role emphasizes repeatable automation, robust data validation, and modern analytics capabilities, requiring strong Python and SQL skills, experience with ETL/ELT, and the ability to deliver secure, mission-focused data products.