Data Scientist

Reston, VA 20190

Posted: 03/26/2024 Employment Type: Contract to Perm Job Category: Data Scientist Job Number: 26719 Full Time or Part Time: false

Job Description

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Data Scientist - Top Secret/SCI Clearance Required to join our team at our client’s site in Reston, VA.


As a data scientist, you’re excited at the prospect of unlocking the secrets held by a data set, and you’re fascinated by the possibilities presented by IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. In an increasingly connected world, massive amounts of structured and unstructured data open new opportunities. You can help turn these complex data sets into useful information to solve global challenges. Across private and public sectors—from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence—we need you to help find the answers in the data.


You Have:

  • 5+ years of experience with developing in a classified environment
  • 5+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining, including large data stores
  • 5+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis
  • 5+ years of experience analyzing structured and unstructured data sources 
  • Experience developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources 
  • Experience leading the development of solutions to complex programs
  • Experience with natural language processing, text mining, or machine learning techniques

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience in the development of algorithms leveraging R, Python, or SQL or NoSQL 
  • Experience with Distributed data and computing tools, including MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL 
  • Experience with visualization packages, including Plotly, Seaborn, or ggplot2 


Clearance: TS/SCI Required


Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone’s global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.


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