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Planet Technologies

Data Scientist

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior
Function
Data & AI
Pay
$90K – $125K a year (read from the ad)
Posted
8 weeks ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $125K a year, is 32% below the median of $183K for senior data jobs in Washington (middle half $150K – $243K, 43 jobs that state pay).

201 data jobs open in Washington: 14% remote, 45 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as Data Scientist. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

Responsibilities

  • Builds, maintains, and improves dashboards, applications, and automations.
  • Connects to APIs, system-to-system connections, and manual data transfers for ETL.
  • Builds predictive risk models using statistical analysis.
  • Applies AI/ML to extract insights from unstructured documentation.
  • Develops and carries out full-service data calls, including data normalization and visualization.
  • Creates business intelligence analysis and visualizations for management.
  • Improves methodologies and tools for risk assessment.
  • Researches and recommends business data storage/integration solutions.
  • Develops user guides and documentation using Power BI
  • Incorporates data science tools (SQL, R, Python, etc.) into services.

Qualifications

  • Must have 5 years of work experience
  • Strong proficiency with Power Platform, SharePoint, and InfoPath required.
  • Experience creating and managing reporting in Power BI
  • Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms.
  • Experience with common data science toolkits (R, Weka, NumPy, MATLAB, etc.) and BI tools (Power BI, Anaconda, SPSS).
  • Previous experience connecting to and manipulating data from federal systems preferred.
  • Ability to work on site 5 days per week
  • An active Top-Secret level clearance is required
  • #CJ

Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.

Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.

Salaries for Data Scientist, Mid at Planet Technologies range from $90,000 and $125,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.

Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here

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Source

Posted by Planet Technologies on their own hiring page, jobs.lever.co. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 11:43 UTC; the original is the reference.

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