Full-Time
Data Scientist
Posted on 8/19/2026
Acuity, Inc.
201-500 employees
Federal tech consulting for mission-focused outcomes
Compensation Overview
$160k - $210k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Virginia, USA
In Person
US Top Secret Clearance Required
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- Demonstrated professional or academic experience performing natural language processing tasks, including selecting appropriate Python libraries, choosing preprocessing actions, performing analysis, and assessing model performance.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience using Python natural language processing packages such as spaCy, Gensim, or NLTK to analyze or process document collections.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with the Hugging Face Transformers library and hub.
- Demonstrated experience creating Python machine learning models for text classification and topic modeling using scikit-learn or deep learning models.
- Demonstrated academic or professional experience using encoder-decoder and generative language models for natural language processing tasks.
- Demonstrated academic or professional experience communicating methodological choices and model results.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience and proficiency with Structured Query Language, including common table expressions, set operations, aggregate functions, and nested subqueries.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience with version control systems such as GitHub and Jenkins.
- Demonstrated experience leveraging graphics processing units for accelerated computing.
- Experience developing practical approaches for measuring performance.
- Experience assisting with measurement development, data collection, data analysis, and presentation of data to senior leadership.
- Experience conducting advanced statistical analysis on personnel, intelligence, and performance metrics.
- Experience assisting in selecting or developing appropriate research methodologies.
- Experience analyzing information and presenting research findings in a manner easily understood by customers and consumers.
- Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph.
- Work closely with the Client’s data scientists and technical team to implement requirements while the Client’s government technical monitor manages priorities.
- Conduct sophisticated analysis using deployed tools and natural language processing.
- Analyze large amounts of raw data, including text data, to provide business insights.
- Preprocess and clean structured and unstructured Client data, including text data.
- Design and implement advanced extract, transform, and load code and table configurations for complex data sets.
- Use Structured Query Language in the Client’s Oracle database to develop and organize relevant information with supporting analytics.
- Author analytic publications and produce ad hoc reports with data visualizations using the Client’s templates, independently or within a team.
- Stay current with the Client’s enterprise metadata collection tools.
- Implement the Client’s existing coordination process.
- Provide technical education to staff on an ad hoc basis.
- Provide subject matter expertise in natural language processing to support Client initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience writing Python scripts that pull data from web-based application programming interfaces 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 large language models 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.
Acuity, Inc. provides federal technology consulting services from its Reston, Virginia headquarters. The company helps government clients plan for the future, improve current operations, and reduce costs by delivering mission-focused results that matter to taxpayers. It combines practical technology, specialized services, and proven management techniques to continuously enhance how U.S. agencies serve and protect citizens. What sets Acuity apart is its emphasis on deep industry expertise, cost savings for taxpayers, and real, measurable outcomes tailored to government missions. The company’s goal is to help clients operate more effectively while delivering accountable, tangible results for Americans.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- March 2026 Evolve award expands addressable market across twenty-eight vendors and five functions.
- Gregg Melanson and Matthew Contento promotions signal a stronger growth push into foreign affairs.
- IC expansion plus Microsoft partnership position Acuity for cloud modernization demand through 2026.
What critics are saying
- Acuity depends on federal recompetes; Evolve’s seven-year ceiling concentrates contract timing risk.
- CACI, Leidos, and Booz Allen outspend Acuity on capture, recruiting, and security clearances.
- If State and Intelligence wins stall in 2026, growth slows and niche positioning erodes.
What makes Acuity, Inc. unique
- 2026 Evolve IDIQ gives Acuity direct access to State Department enterprise IT work.
- Acuity’s IC business unit, led by KC Wilberg, targets highly cleared mission work.
- Microsoft Solutions Partner status in Digital & App Innovation strengthens cloud delivery credibility.
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Company News
Matthew Contento has been named Vice President, Foreign Affairs at Acuity
With our technological capabilities, recent practice expansions, and a continually growing network of industry partnerships, the time was right to bolster our leadership team. .
Acuity Inc. announces Intelligence Community service expansion hires KC Wilberg to head new Intelligence Business Unit.
Acuity actively supports several national security and public safety missions with advanced cloud solutions. We are pleased that Microsoft has recognized our ability to assist our customers in transforming their mission and business operations to take advantage of new capabilities in the cloud. .
We are committed to the important work of GTSC in serving the homeland security mission. We share the Coalition’s goal of bringing the unique innovation of small and mid-size businesses to protect our nation from man-made and natural threats.”. .