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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientist - **Company:** The Rapid - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $190,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Apache Lucene, Computer Programming, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Service, NoSQL, Ansible, SQL Databases, Google Cloud, AWS Lambda, Search Engines, Terraform - **Published:** August 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us3db39b4d97b2d362539a70d4f94dcd95 ## About the Role * Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph * U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS) * Experience with Python. * Geo-spatial software and programming packages and data formats. * Creating and managing AWS resources, including provisioning EC2 instances, writing and deploying Lambda functions, creating and writing to S3, and managing authorization appropriately across resources with IAM policies. * Experience using GitHub. Nice to Have Qualifications: * Deploying AWS applications with AWS's Cloud Development Kit (CDK), Ansible and Terraform are NOT a substitute for CDK. * Building and deploying containerized applications. * Building, programmatically working with and maintaining search engines such as ElasticSeach, Lucene, or AWS's OpenSearch. * Creating, programmatically working with and maintaining SQL and NO-SQL databases. * Experience with other non-AWS cloud services such as, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure. * Certification(s) * AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator. ## Description Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is an innovative small business providing IT and management consulting services to the U.S. Federal Government and commercial clients. We have unique strengths in complex, cross-organizational solution analysis, design, development, implementation, and change management supporting enterprise requirements. Our team of professionals has deep consulting backgrounds supporting the unique needs of our clients. Our team members have proven experience leading strategic initiatives within the civilian Government agencies. *Note: Please ensure you meet the Security Clearance obligations before applying to optimize your consideration for this and other employment opportunities with RCS. RCS is seeking a Data Scientist to apply technical resources to accelerate the timely, reliable, and secure delivery of open-source data, information, and insights. The developer will support developing tailored solutions to tackle unique global collection problems. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment depending on the specific problem statement. Work will include developing Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based resources and skills will span many compute, storage, and networking services. This position requires the candidate to meet specific Security Clearance obligations to work onsite in Chantilly or Reston, VA. 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