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Booz Allen

Data Scientist, Senior

AI summary of the role

Senior data scientist role leading ML algorithm and system development for clients, with a focus on document classification, extraction, summarization, and search in production environments streaming millions of documents per week.

What you’ll do

  • Lead development of algorithms and systems to turn disparate data into objective answers for client decisions
  • Guide teammates and take ownership of data science workflows interacting with production systems streaming millions of documents per week
  • Design, implement, and iterate on ML models for document classification, extraction, summarization, and search
  • Work closely with clients to understand questions and needs, then explore data-rich environments to find insights

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years of applied data science or ML experience, including Python, NLP, and LLM implementation
  • 5+ years of data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, or mining
  • Experience with production systems, data lakes, and streaming data (e.g., Kafka)
  • Experience implementing end-to-end ML workflows from data prep to deployment and evaluation

Technologies

Python · NLP · LLM · Kafka · MLOps · Docker · Kubernetes · Databricks · Spark · Cloudera

About Booz Allen

Builds AI, cyber, cloud, and engineering solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies, blending consulting scale with mission-specific technology delivery.

Public · 5000+ people

Source and classification

Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:

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Data Scientist, Senior The Opportunity: 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. As a data scientist at Booz Allen, 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. On our team, you’ll use your leadership skills and data science expertise to create real-world impact. You’ll work closely with clients to understand their questions and needs, and then dig into their data-rich environments to find the pieces of their information puzzle. You’ll guide teammates and lead the development of algorithms and systems. You’ll use the right combination of tools and frameworks to turn sets of disparate data points into objective answers to advise your clients as they make informed decisions. Ultimately, you’ll provide a deep understanding of the data, what it all means, and how it can be used. Work with us as we use data science for good. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 5+ years of experience with applied data scie [... source excerpt omitted ...] ncluding using Python, NLP, and LLM implementation 5+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining Experience with production-level systems, data lake environments, and streaming data, including Kafka Experience implementing end-to-end ML workflows from data prep to deployment and evaluation Ability to quickly learn infrastructure or systems concepts, including how pipelines interface with data lakes Ability to design, implement, and iterate on ML models for document classification, extraction, summarization, and search Ability to take ownership of data science workflows that interact with a production system stre [... source excerpt omitted ...] , Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL Security+ Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior d

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