Accenture Federal Services
Data Scientist/Application Developer (Secret cleared)
About this role
Accenture Federal Services seeks a Data Scientist/Application Developer to design and build advanced analytics applications on Palantir Foundry for the US federal government, combining data wrangling, statistical modeling, and AI/ML capabilities. The role requires an active Secret clearance and involves collaborating with government clients on defense and national security missions.
What you'll do
- Conduct exploratory data analysis and data cleansing across structured and unstructured datasets
- Design and build analytic applications in Palantir Foundry including dashboards and interactive workflows
- Apply advanced analytics and statistical methods such as regression, clustering, and hypothesis testing
- Develop and embed AI/ML capabilities including LLMs, NLP, and RAG/GraphRAG into workflows
- Create visualizations and metrics to support executive and operational decision-making
- Collaborate in Agile/Scrum teams and communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders
What they're looking for
- Python (pandas, polars, PySpark)
- Palantir Foundry (pipelines, transforms, Workshop, Ontologies)
- AI/ML and statistical modeling (scikit-learn, statsmodels, NLP tools)
- Data visualization (matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, PowerBI, Tableau)
- SQL and data wrangling
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Statistical analysis and hypothesis testing
- Streamlit and model deployment (preferred)
Benefits
- Professional development through certifications and industry training
- Collaborative and caring work environment
- Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Hands-on experience with cutting-edge federal technology
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Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services builds and maintains mission-critical technology solutions for the U.S. federal government, including cloud infrastructure, enterprise systems integrations, and cyber defense tools. The company is hiring DevOps engineers, full-stack developers, SAP specialists, and test engineers to support classified and unclassified federal government projects.
- Website
- accenturefederal.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience building production-grade analytics applications in Palantir Foundry or similar platforms, and how you structured data pipelines to support dashboards.
- Walk us through a specific data science project where you cleaned and modeled unstructured data—what challenges did you face and how did you validate your approach?