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# Sr Data Scientist

- **Company:** Watermark Risk Management International, LLC
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Software Application Programming
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9026022/sr-data-scientist

## About the Role

* Over 10 years in any career field, discipline, or industry
 * Deep hands-on experience developing applications in Palantir Foundry preferred
 * Background in data science, machine learning, or computational modeling preferred
 * Experience translating complex analytical outputs into decision-support products for senior DoD leaders preferred

 * Master's Degree (M.A. or M.S.) in any field

 * Palantir Foundry Application Developer Certification (required)

 * Active/current Top Secret (TS) clearance on Day 1 of performance
 * Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI and TS/SCI with Caveats
 * U.S. Citizenship required

 * Ability to work 100% on-site within a Government SCIF during core duty hours
 * CONUS travel may be required (coordinated with the Government at least 10 calendar days prior)
 * OCONUS travel may be required (e.g., EUCOM/PACOM AOR support; coordinated at least 20 calendar days prior, with Theater Business Clearances)
 * Local travel within the National Capital Region may be required
 * Trip and After-Action Reports are required following each trip

## Description

* Support analytical workflow enablement, sustainment, and scaling of data products across the Mission Assurance enterprise
 * Lead application of advanced analytical techniques, including artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, to extract insights from Mission Assurance data
 * Utilize enterprise data platform capabilities to support analytics, automation, and decision-making
 * Support configuration and use of Government-directed data platform capabilities to enable data analysis, monitoring, reporting, and automation
 * Develop dashboards, monitoring views, and analytical models supporting senior leader decision-making
 * Additional duties as assigned


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