Lead Data Scientist - Must have Top Secret or Veterans Affair Clearance

Join our dynamic team as a Lead Data Scientist, where your expertise will drive innovative solutions in high-stakes environments. This role demands a top-secret or Veterans Affairs (VA) clearance, ensuring access to sensitive data and projects that impact national security and public service. As a leader in data science, you will spearhead advanced analytics initiatives, harness cutting-edge technologies, and guide a team of skilled data professionals to deliver impactful insights. Your work will empower strategic decision-making, optimize operational efficiency, and advance our capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and big data analytics., * Leads data science efforts, working closely with clients, data, developers to understand mission and data.

• Creates data pipelines and flows to clean and transform data for use in data models and applications.
• Develops algorithms leveraging modern data science technologies including reinforcement learning systems, machine learning and more.
• Deep expertise in causal inference, high-dimensional regression, time-series analysis, and forecasting.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R (PyData stack: Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Statsmodels, Scikit-learn).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate statistical findings clearly to non-technical executive audiences.
• Lead development of advanced AI/ML systems using techniques such as deep learning, representation learning, time-series modeling, survival analysis, and probabilistic modeling to solve complex healthcare problems or analyze fraud.
• Ability to analyze and profile varied related and unrelated data sets.
• Manage technology projects or lead technology solutioning.
• Provides highly technical and specialized guidance and solutions to complex IT problems; performs elaborate analyses and studies.
• Evaluates, recommends, and executes new technologies and updates existing infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.
• Develops IT strategies to ensure the systems meet existing and future requirements based on needs and regulations.
• Works in a variety of environments and has excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

• Must have an active Top Secret or a current Veterans Affair clearance.
• BS degree with 10+ years of experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or applied data science with 7+ years of designing and deploying production machine learning systems.
• 8+ years of experience in Python-based machine learning development using frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent along with solid SQL skills.
• 5+ years of experience deploying production ML systems including model serving, monitoring, ML lifecycle management, and collaboration with engineering teams.
• Experience configuring and working in Azure environments to execute data science activities including data preparation, analysis, and model development, training, and deployment.
• Experience building and integrating the at the application and database level.
• At least 2 years of theoretical and practical background in statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, and/or optimization.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills along with the ability to present technical data and approaches to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work efficiently with a geographically distributed team using virtual collaboration tools

Pulled from the full job description

• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Retirement plan
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule, * 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement