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# Data Scientist at GRVTY

- **Company:** GRVTY
- **Location:** Mclean, VA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$250k
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grvty/jobs/4310853009

## Job description

What Impact You'll Have

GRVTY is seeking a Data Scientist with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (acceptable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in McLean, VA.  The Sponsor provides data-driven business analysis to support senior organizational leaders. As such, the Data Scientist will provide support specializing in natural language processing (NLP) and associated data preparation to help identify challenges and opportunities for the Sponsor’s customers. The Data Scientist must also be experienced in areas of SQL and Python to be able to transform the Sponsor’s structured and unstructured data into clear and supported analytic insights to help customers with decision making related to production, resources and personnel.  The work may be performed independently or within a team environment.

## What You'll be Owning

- Working closely with the Sponsor’s data scientists and technical team to implement requirements; however, the Sponsor’s GTM will manage the priorities
- Conducting sophisticated analysis using deployed tools and natural language processing
- Analyzing large amounts of raw data, including text data, to provide business insights
- Pre-processing and/or cleaning structured and unstructured Sponsor data, including text data
- Designing and implementing advanced ETL code and table configurations for complex data sets
- Using Structured Query Language (SQL) in Sponsor’s Oracle database to develop and organize relevant information with supporting analytics
- Independently, or with a team, authoring analytic publications and produce ad-hoc reports to include data visualizations using the Sponsor’s templates
- Staying current with the Sponsor’s enterprise metadata collection tools
- Implementing the Sponsor’s existing coordination process
- Providing technical education and subject matter expertise in NLP to support Sponsor’s initiatives to staff on an ad-hoc basis

## What You Must Have

- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance (acceptable to this customer)
- 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

What Would be Nice to Have

- 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

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

- The pay range for this position is: $150,000 - $250,000

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

Virginia Pay Range $150,000—$250,000 USD

## Why Choose GRVTY

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

- Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
- Health Savings Account with company contribution
- Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k with generous company match
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Award Programs
- Variety of Company Sponsored Events

## EEO Statement

GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email recruiting@grvty.com or call 703-544-7930 with requested details.  A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.

https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

Please review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. If you are not an immediate fit, we will also keep your resume in our database for future opportunities.

## About GRVTY

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: GRVTY is a national security company delivering effects in cyber, space, and spectrum to help defense, intelligence, and homeland security customers turn insight into action faster.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Arlington, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Defense technology, cybersecurity, space intelligence, spectrum operations, software development
- **Target customers**: U.S. defense, intelligence, and homeland security agencies (B2G)
- **Mission / purpose**: “Accelerate national security and advance our strategic edge with every challenge answered.” [grvty.com](https://www.grvty.com/)

## Products & Services
GRVTY delivers mission-focused capabilities rather than packaged consumer products. Key offerings based on company descriptions:
- **Automated ISR&T Platforms**: Integrated intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting platforms for real-time situational awareness.
- **Software & Data Solutions**: Custom software, data fusion, and analytics platforms that turn raw intelligence into actionable insights.
- **Cyber Operations**: Offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, including digital network exploitation, vulnerability research, and DevSecOps.
- **Space Intelligence**: Space‑based collection and analysis to support national security objectives.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Approximately 232 employees (as of mid‑2026) with 147+ active job postings, indicating high growth demand. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/grvty-inc)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly listed; the company works directly with U.S. government agencies.
- **Growth Signals**: Despite a reported headcount decrease (‑100% YoY – likely a data error), the company maintains a large number of open positions across engineering, cyber, and intelligence roles, suggesting sustained hiring needs.

## Competitive Advantages
- **National security focus**: Purpose‑built to tackle entrenched, systemic challenges in defense and intelligence.
- **Speed & agility**: Emphasizes rapid delivery of mission and technical expertise to outpace adversaries.
- **Multi‑domain expertise**: Covers cyber, space, and spectrum – creating complementary advantages for on‑the‑ground operations.
- **Clearance‑ready workforce**: Many roles require U.S. security clearances, creating a high barrier to entry for competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- **Accelerating national security**: Continue developing automated ISR&T platforms and data solutions to give warfighters and analysts a decision‑making edge.
- **Expanding technical capabilities**: Recruiting heavily in AI/ML, data science, DevSecOps, and digital network exploitation.
- **Deepening government partnerships**: Working closely with defense, intelligence, and homeland security customers to address emerging threats.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission‑driven work**: Employees directly contribute to U.S. national security challenges.
- **Comprehensive benefits**: Medical, dental, vision; Health Savings Account with company contribution; annual PTO and paid holidays; paid parental leave; 401k with generous match; training and development opportunities; award programs; company‑sponsored events. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grvty/jobs/4121456009)
- **Work location**: Primarily on‑site at offices in Arlington, VA; Fort Meade, MD; McLean, VA. Many roles require active security clearances and are not remote.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on technical excellence – tech stack includes Docker, GitLab, Splunk, AWS, Spark, Kafka, Ansible, and many others. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/grvty-inc)
- **Growth opportunities**: Large number of open positions across multiple skill levels (from Level 1 to Senior), indicating room for advancement.

## Sources
1. [grvty.com](https://www.grvty.com/)
2. [grvty.com/careers](https://www.grvty.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com/company/grvty-inc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/grvty-inc)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grvty/jobs/4121456009)
5. [grvty.com/careers/listings](https://www.grvty.com/careers/listings)

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