Job ID:

2617032

Location:

McLean, VA, US Date Posted:

2026-09-18

Category:

Information Technology Subcategory:

Data Scientist Schedule:

Full-Time Shift:

Day Job Travel:

No Minimum Clearance Required:

TS.SCI_wPoly Clearance Level Must Be Able to

Obtain:

None Potential for

Remote Work:

ORA_ON_SITE Description SAIC is seeking a Data Scientist to join our team to provide support specializing in natural language(NLP) processing and associated data preparation. The ideal candidate will have an extensive background in Java and Python. This position in in Mclean, VA and requires a TS/SCI with polygraph.

Key Responsibilities:

Assess, maintain and rewrite legacy Java applications. Refactor and extend existing back end systems. Write clean, scalable and efficient code to support business applications. Leverage dominant frameworks to build backend applications and REST API's. Write and optimize queries across relational and non-relations databases. Utilize test libraries, such as JUnit and Mockito to ensure application stability. Qualifications Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Demonstrated experience with

Core Java:

Object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, multithreading, and memory management (JVM). Demonstrated experience with Spring and Spring Data JPA. Demonstrated experience with tools and build systems such as: Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, Git, and Jenkins. Demonstrated experience with Oracle, Apache Tomcat, AWS Cloud Framework and Linux. TS/SCI with polygraph.

Desired Skills:

Demonstrated experience with Spring Boot and

REST API

Java implementations to support web applications.

Target salary range:

$200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .