Senior Data Scientist Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (Remote, US)

• Provide guidance and expertise to identify trends, patterns, and other insights.
• Provide analytics support to audits and investigations.
• Utilize algorithms to identify and test potential causal variables and identify sub-populations via cluster-analysis.
• Develop and deploy a machine-learning model to aid in fraud detection.
• Utilize NLP techniques to ingest, encode, and semantically classify and query large text corpora.
• Aid in the development of dashboards or reports to visualize data and storytelling.
• Assist in ingestion, transformation, and configuration of data in cloud-based data lake or data warehouse.
• Produce network graphs, interactive maps, or other visualizations to convey complex data in support of criminal investigations.
• Assist with exploration, structuring, and analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data from SQL and data lake environments.
• Create programming and automation techniques to improve task efficiency in tools such as SharePoint, Python, and Power BI.

• Master's degree, Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral-level degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or a related field; or 10+ years of equivalent applied experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced AI systems and predictive machine learning models.
• 5+ years of experience developing statistical models, fraud analytics, regression, classification, clustering, and anomaly detection solutions.
• 3+ years of experience supporting fraud investigations, audits, or similar analytical programs.
• 3+ years of experience programming in Python, including Pandas.
• Experience working within cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• 2+ years of advanced SQL experience, including SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• 2+ years of experience developing and scaling Natural Language Processing (NLP) solutions.
• Experience presenting technical findings to both technical and executive audiences through reports, presentations, and data visualizations.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI and other data visualization tools
• Microsoft Azure certifications are preferred.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to successfully complete a Public Trust background investigation.

This is a 5.5-year remote in the US contract role. Must be available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday.

This is a W2 role with Stage 4 Solutions. Health benefits and 401(k) are offered.