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Data Scientist and Automation Engineer, Senior

Reads like a Data Engineer role: pipelines and data infrastructure.

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USD 99,000–225,000/year — pay source
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 demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement
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Citizens onlySecret clearance is required

What you’ll work on

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  • Design data workflows, scalable analytics, and automated pipelines

  • Refactor legacy scripts for performance, reliability, and security

  • Validate scripts and applications through Pester testing

  • Build predictive and descriptive analytics from massive datasets

  • Contribute to Agile delivery across modernization initiatives

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designing advanced data workflows, scalable analytics solutions, and automated pipelines
refactor legacy scripts
validate scripts and applications through Pester testing
build predictive and descriptive analytics
contribute to Agile delivery across multiple modernization initiatives

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • Secret clearance
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience with Pester or PyTest testing frameworks
Qualification wording
Secret clearance Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Experience building and validating automation or analytics scripts with testing frameworks such as Pester or PyTest
Education & alternatives
- Secret clearance - Bachelor’s degree Nice If You Have:
- Top Secret clearance - Master’s degree - MSFT Power Platform Certifications
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Do you thrive in a mission‑driven environment where modern analytics, intelligent automation, and secure data engineering directly enhance Navy readiness and operational effectiveness? We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist and Automation Engineer to support the Navy records management mission by designing advanced data workflows, scalable analytics solutions, and automated pipelines that strengthen data reliability and accelerate digital transformation. In this role, you will apply deep experience in data science, scripting, and automation, including tools such as Python, PowerShell, and SQL, to modernize enterprise data processes, refactor legacy scripts, and implement secure, high‑performance solutions that enable large‑scale records management modernization. You will collaborate closely with program managers, developers, and Navy stakeholders to analyze requirements, improve data workflows, build predictive and descriptive analytics, and ensure automation aligns with compliance and security standards. You understand that data scientists and automation engineers are central to mission success, integrating disparate data sources, applying advanced analytics, optimizing data movement, and building maintainable, resilient tools that improve decision‑making across the enterprise. You will process massive datasets, validate scripts and applications through Pester testing, build data‑driven insights, develop automation pipelines, and contribute to Agile delivery across multiple modernization initiatives. Your work will directly improve program effectiveness, accelerate digital transformation, and help the Navy establish maintainable, efficient, and secure automation capabilities.
- 10+ years of experience supporting the DoD in data science, advanced analytics, or large-scale data engineering within mission environments - 10+ years of experience developing automation and analytics solutions using scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell - Experience processing large data sets, optimizing ETL or ELT pipelines, and applying statistical or machine learning methods to mission‑critical workflows
- Experience implementing or supporting CI/CD pipelines, DevOps workflows, and automated test frameworks - Experience with Python, R, ML, or AI analytics workflows supporting data‑driven decision‑making - Experience with data cataloging, retention, archival, or metadata enrichment
- Experience building automation linked to M365, SharePoint, or Power Platform ecosystems - Experience with Azure automation, GitHub Actions, or hybrid cloud scripting solutions - Top Secret clearance

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

Job description

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Data Scientist and Automation Engineer, Senior

The Opportunity:  

Do you thrive in a mission‑driven environment where modern analytics, intelligent automation, and secure data engineering directly enhance Navy readiness and operational effectiveness? We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist and Automation Engineer to support the Navy records management mission by designing advanced data workflows, scalable analytics solutions, and automated pipelines that strengthen data reliability and accelerate digital transformation.

 

In this role, you will apply deep experience in data science, scripting, and automation, including tools such as Python, PowerShell, and SQL, to modernize enterprise data processes, refactor legacy scripts, and implement secure, high‑performance solutions that enable large‑scale records management modernization. You will collaborate closely with program managers, developers, and Navy stakeholders to analyze requirements, improve data workflows, build predictive and descriptive analytics, and ensure automation aligns with compliance and security standards.

 

You understand that data scientists and automation engineers are central to mission success, integrating disparate data sources, applying advanced analytics, optimizing data movement, and building maintainable, resilient tools that improve decision‑making across the enterprise. You will process massive datasets, validate scripts and applications through Pester testing, build data‑driven insights, develop automation pipelines, and contribute to Agile delivery across multiple modernization initiatives. Your work will directly improve program effectiveness, accelerate digital transformation, and help the Navy establish maintainable, efficient, and secure automation capabilities.

 

Join us. The world can’t wait.

 

You Have: 

  • 10+ years of experience supporting the DoD in data science, advanced analytics, or large-scale data engineering within mission environments
  • 10+ years of experience developing automation and analytics solutions using scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
  • Experience processing large data sets, optimizing ETL or ELT pipelines, and applying statistical or machine learning methods to mission‑critical workflows
  • Experience building and validating automation or analytics scripts with testing frameworks such as Pester or PyTest
  • Experience implementing secure coding practices, role‑based access, and compliance‑aligned automation
  • Experience supporting Agile delivery, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and cross‑functional collaboration
  • Ability to modernize legacy scripts or codebases for performance, reliability, and scalability
  • Ability to design and implement data‑driven dashboards, data quality checks, workflow improvements, and process automation tools
  • Secret clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree

 

Nice If You Have:   

  • Experience with Navy enterprise systems or records management modernization initiatives 
  • Experience as a data scientist, utilizing advanced data analytics across a larger enterprise environment
  • Experience implementing or supporting CI/CD pipelines, DevOps workflows, and automated test frameworks 
  • Experience with Python, R, ML, or AI analytics workflows supporting data‑driven decision‑making 
  • Experience with data cataloging, retention, archival, or metadata enrichment 
  • Experience building automation linked to M365, SharePoint, or Power Platform ecosystems 
  • Experience with Azure automation, GitHub Actions, or hybrid cloud scripting solutions 
  • Top Secret clearance
  • Master’s degree
  • MSFT Power Platform Certifications 

 

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret 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 demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.


Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. - Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. - Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role. - Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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