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# Senior Data Scientist in Gaithersburg

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** Gaithersburg, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $107,900.0 - $195,050.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Elasticsearch, Graph Database, Neo4j, Pattern Recognition, Query Optimization, Software Systems, Information Technology, Data Management
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/senior-data-scientist-gaithersburg-31332104

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field and 8-12 years of relevant experience, or Master's with 6-10 years of experience.
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 * Must possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
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 * Elasticsearch/OpenSearch architecture, index design, mappings, analyzers, and query optimization.
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 * Graph databases such as JanusGraph, Neo4j, TigerGraph, Amazon Neptune, or Memgraph.
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 * Graph analytics frameworks and algorithms, including graph traversal, centrality, community detection, similarity analysis, and link prediction., * Experience with constructing static and interactive visualizations and dashboards including link charts.

## Description

As a key technical leader, you will collaborate with talented scientists, engineers, product owners, and government stakeholders to design, develop, and deploy innovative software solutions that make a real difference to security., As a Data Scientist, you will perform pattern analysis and discovery over large quantities of data maintained in various associative structures, developing dashboards to initiate discovery and present results. Working closely with data engineers, software engineers, and infrastructure teams, you will work with Elasticsearch and graph-based data platforms to discover and analyze complex data relationships.


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