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Data Scientist Associate

Upper Marlboro, MD, US • Posted 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $80,001.00 - 120,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Skills

Security Clearance
Art
Use Cases
Distributed Computing
Real-time
Data Acquisition
Evaluation
Analytical Skill
Computer Vision
Algorithms
Testing
Computer Science
Science
Spring Framework
C++
Java
Golang
Data Mining
Statistics
R
Python
Version Control
Git
JSON
Apache Parquet
XML
SQL
NoSQL
Communication
Data Engineering
Data Architecture
Database
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning (ML)
Scripting
Management
Apache Spark
Apache Hadoop
Databricks
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: 2612311

Location: Upper Marlboro, MD, US

Date Posted: 2026-05-07

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Data Scientist

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID

Description

SAIC is looking for a Data Scientist Associate to help the Identity and Data Sciences Laboratory (IDSL) which is tasked with identifying state-of-the-art technologies including facial recognition and AI, evaluating performance, and examining their applicability to existing or emerging customer use cases. The IDSL has a cutting-edge infrastructure consisting of both on-prem distributed computing clusters and cloud based analytic environments, which we use for gathering and processing multi-modal data in real-time from large-scale experiments conducted at our test facility (Maryland Test Facility; , in field locations, as well as from external data sources.

Hybrid - 3 Days in Office / 2 Days Remote

What You Will Be Doing

Contribute to data acquisition, management, and processing tasks, working with senior data scientists, software engineers and evaluation designers to build efficient data pipelines
Access available infrastructure, and to develop analytic products tailored to mission user requirements
Work with senior team members to organize, clean, migrate and process datasets with advanced computer vision algorithms
Testing different LLMs

Qualifications

Requirements:

A bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or a comparative quantitative science or scheduled to obtain one by spring or summer 2026
Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust requiring ship
Proficient in programming a must (Python, C++, Golang, Java, etc.)
Ability to build out data pipelines as this will be the main function of role
Desire to learn GoLang
Familiar with machine learning, data mining, and/or statistics (R, Python, etc.)
Familiar with source control (e.g., Git)
Familiar with common data formats (JSON, Parquet, XML, etc.)
Familiar with database technologies (SQL, NoSQL)
Strong communication skills, with the ability to present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audience

Desired Skills:

Prior experience related to data engineering, data science, data architecture, and databases
Understanding of scaling and performance of distributed/cloud systems (AWS)
Understanding of data science concepts, AI/ML, automation, and scripting
Experience with techniques and platforms to manage, manipulate, and draw insight from large datasets (Spark, Hadoop, Databricks, etc.)

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: 2612311
Posted 1 hour ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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