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# Data Scientist 650 at Freedom Technology Solutions Group

- **Company:** Freedom Technology Solutions Group
- **Location:** Mclean, VA
- **Posted:** 2026-05-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freedomconsulting/jobs/5133965007

## Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is looking for a Data Scientist to apply and enhance their skills with developing, running, and analyzing results of complex queries against massive scale data stores. The candidate will also increase their skills with the following:

- Manipulating high-volume structured and unstructured data to perform analysis and generate reporting/products.
- Using analytic techniques and tools and All-Source data analysis to provide technical targeting analytic support to the Sponsor Agency.
- Performing large scale parallel processing of data, and developing, validating, and using methodologies to support analytic requirements in Clustered Computing environments.

Required Skills:

- An active security clearance with polygraph.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience performing NLP tasks, including selecting the best Python libraries for a given task, choosing appropriate pre-processing actions, performing analysis, and assessing model performance.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience using Python NLP packages such as Spacy, Gensim, or NLTK to analyze or process collections of documents.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, or Keras
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with the HuggingFace Transformers library and hub.
- Demonstrated experience creating machine learning models that conduct text classification and topic modeling in Python using standard machine learning (Scikit-learn) or deep learning models.
- Demonstrated academic or professional experience using encoder-decoder and generative language models to perform NLP tasks.
- Demonstrated academic or professional experience communicating methodological choices and model results.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience and proficiency with SQL to include using common table expressions, set operations, aggregated functions and nested subqueries.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with version control systems such as Github and Jenkins.
- Demonstrated experience leveraging GPUs for accelerated computing.
- Develop practical approaches for measuring performance.
- Assist in developing types of measure, the collection of data, analyzing the data, and presenting that data to senior leadership.
- Conduct advanced statistical analysis on personnel, intelligence, and performance metrics.
- Assist in selection or development of appropriate methodology to conduct research.
- Analyze information and provide research findings in a manner that is easily grasped by the customer and consumers.

Desired Skills:

- Demonstrated experience writing Python scripts that pull data from web-based APIs and relational databases.
- Demonstrated experience with cloud computing development and architecture
- Demonstrated experience with front-end web development frameworks such as Flask.
- Demonstrated experience developing applications for semantic search.
- Demonstrated experience tuning LLMs on custom data sets and applying results to specific use cases.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience and proficiency with Tableau to produce visualizations and dashboards.

What’s in It for You?

Flexible work environment

A team mentality – work with friendly, like-minded professionals

Work with innovative, cutting edge technologies

Enjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits

A work-life balance you can count on

Opportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime

The Benefits You Get with Freedom

Amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more

Generous paid time off – including paid site closure days

Competitive salary offerings

Paid training and tuition reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Fully paid life and disability

Annual logo wear allowance

Company sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)

Interested in learning more about Freedom and our culture?  Contact us today!  We’re constantly hosting hiring events in our office and elsewhere, to help you get a sense of what life is like at Freedom before joining the team.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability or veteran status

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VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources at

Phone: 410-290-9035

Email: recruiting@goftsg.com

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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## About Freedom Technology Solutions Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Freedom Technology Solutions Group provides IT services and solutions in geographic information systems, software engineering, cloud computing, business intelligence, DevSecOps, and data security primarily for U.S. government and intelligence community clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Columbia, Maryland, United States
- **Founded**: 2004
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Information Technology & Services, Government Contracting, Geospatial Intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2G – U.S. federal government, intelligence community, defense agencies
- **Mission statement**: “Provide employees with the ‘Freedom’ to grow and focus on their skills, and not worry about red tape or jumping through corporate hoops” while ensuring clients receive top-quality, mission-focused solutions. [goftsg.com](https://goftsg.com/about-freedom/)

## Products & Services
Freedom offers a suite of professional services rather than packaged products. Major service lines include:

- **Geographic Information Systems (GIS)**: Development of large raster enterprise systems and geospatial solutions.
- **Software Engineering**: Secure, scalable application development tailored for the intelligence community.
- **Business Intelligence**: Data visualization, dashboard development, ad-hoc reporting, and advanced analytics.
- **Data Engineering/Analytics**: Relational/SQL and big data/NoSQL database design and maintenance.
- **DevSecOps**: Implementation to accelerate software releases by removing bottlenecks.
- **Cloud Computing**: IT infrastructure support, cloud migration, and scalable cloud solutions.
- **Data Security**: Safeguarding critical information and systems from internal and external threats.

[goftsg.com](https://goftsg.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric – Annual Revenue**: USD $8.5 million (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Key Metric – Total Funding**: Venture round raised on 2021-10-01 (amount not publicly disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Acquired Geodata IT, LLC in March 2020. Clients include U.S. government agencies and prime contractors.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 116 employees (+14.2% YoY, +21 people)
  - Active job postings: 80 (yearly increase of +37.9%, quarterly increase of +33.3%)
  - Offices in Columbia (HQ), Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, Springfield, St. Louis, McLean, Herndon
  - Key talent sources include Marathon TS, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Peraton, Leidos, and others.

[linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/goftsg)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Security Clearance Expertise**: Strong focus on TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph positions – a high barrier to entry for competitors.
- **Deep Government/IC Relationships**: Proven track record delivering mission-critical solutions for intelligence and defense clients.
- **Culture of Autonomy**: “No red tape” environment that attracts experienced engineers who want to focus on technical work.
- **Employee Benefits Package**: Fully paid medical insurance, 160% 401(k) match with no vesting period, $10k/year tuition reimbursement, unlimited training dollars, and referral bonuses up to $20k.
- **Acquisition of Geodata IT**: Expanded capabilities and client base in geospatial and IT services.

[goftsg.com/benefits](https://goftsg.com/benefits/)

## Strategic Focus
- Continue serving the intelligence community and U.S. government with specialized IT and geospatial solutions.
- Expand capabilities in cloud computing, DevSecOps, and data analytics.
- Grow through targeted acquisitions (e.g., Geodata IT) and organic hiring.
- Maintain a culture that retains top talent through exceptional benefits and career development opportunities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.5/5 on Glassdoor-style metrics (Work-Life: 4.6, Compensation: 4.5, Culture: 4.5, Career: 4.0). Emphasizes employee freedom, collaboration, and professional growth.
- **Work Policy**: Most roles are on-site at client locations in Maryland, Virginia, and Missouri (e.g., Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, St. Louis). Some positions may allow hybrid arrangements; remote is not typical due to security requirements.
- **Benefits Highlights**:
  - Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Cigna)
  - 401(k) with 160% match, no vesting period
  - $10,000/year college tuition reimbursement
  - Unlimited training dollars for courses and conferences
  - Certification bonuses
  - Referral bonuses up to $20,000 for employee referrals, $10,000 for external referrals with active TS/SCI
  - Employee recognition platform with monthly peer-to-peer awards
  - Paid site closure days (additional PTO)
- **Engineering Culture**: Technical teams focus on “using the right technology to create flexible, long-lasting solutions.” Knowledge sharing between junior and senior engineers is encouraged.

## Sources
1. [goftsg.com – Homepage](https://goftsg.com/)
2. [goftsg.com – About Freedom](https://goftsg.com/about-freedom/)
3. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freedomconsulting)
4. [LinkedIn – Freedom Technology Solutions Group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/goftsg)
5. [goftsg.com – Employee Benefits](https://goftsg.com/benefits/)

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