Data Scientist – TS/SCI

Xcelerate Solutions

Data Scientist at Xcelerate Solutions supporting advanced machine learning and big data analytics projects. Collaborate with teams to design and optimize data science platforms.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeBethesda • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityDockerElasticSearchKubernetesOpenShiftPythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support ongoing and future programs to advance the state of the art in research and advanced machine learning, natural language processing, and data fusion applications in the areas of mission-focused big data analytics
Work closely with a tight-knit team of data scientists and a larger team of software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts to design, build, and optimize a Data Science platform
Analyze a variety of big data covering national security, cyber security, business intelligence, online social media, human behavior and more
Support multiple simultaneous projects and take open-ended or high-level guidance, independently and collaboratively make discoveries that are mission-relevant
Bring intellectual curiosity, quantitative acumen, and customer-focus to identify novel sources of data
Improve the performance of predictive algorithms and encourage user adoption of data analytics platforms

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. Degree in a quantitative or analytical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Computational Social Science with 2+ years of experience; or Master’s degree or equivalent graduate degree including certificate-based advanced training courses with less than 2 years of experience
Active TS and ability to obtain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
Experience in data science, analytics or quantitative intelligence analysis
Proficiency in one or more scripting languages such as Python
Deployment of data science applications (e.g. Streamlit) using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift
Experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana) and/or SQL
Previous experience performing Data Science or Research in data analytics or big data
Familiarity using git or other version control technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data scienceanalyticsquantitative intelligence analysisPythonDockerKubernetesOpenShiftElastic StackElasticsearchSQL

Soft Skills

intellectual curiosityquantitative acumencustomer-focuscollaborationindependenceproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkadaptabilitycreativity

Certifications

B.S. DegreeMaster’s degreecertificate-based advanced trainingActive TSTS/SCI with Polygraph