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# Senior Specialist, Federal Data Science

- **Company:** Kpmg LLP
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Extract Transform Load (ETL), Django Web Framework, R (Programming Language), Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Language Modeling, Object Detection, Operational Data Store, Open Source Technology, Cloud Services, Tensorflow, SQL Databases, Technical Data Management Systems, Unstructured Data, Web Application Frameworks, Pytorch, Flask (Web Framework), Apache Spark, Deep Learning, Keras, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Programming Languages
- **Published:** June 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/17279706/Senior-Specialist-Federal-Data-Science-D-C-Washington

## About the Role

* A minimum of three years of technical data science experience; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
 * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
 * Proficiency with programming languages such as Python, R, Java, SQL, and their open-source packages / libraries
 * Experience in developing Deep Learning models (e.g. CNN, Recurrent, etc.) and its applications (e.g. - object detection, text recognition, language modeling, etc.) and tools (e.g. - TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Fast.ai, etc.)
 * Familiarity with big data open-source tools (e.g. - Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, etc.) and open-source web frameworks / UI Platforms (e.g. - Flask, Shiny, Django, Dash)
 * Experience leveraging cloud services in technical data environments
 * Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements
 * Applicant must possess a U.S. Government Secret clearance

## Description

* Collaborate multi-disciplinary / cross-functional teams to identify business opportunities, design / develop machine learning, and data science solutions
 * Utilize processes / best practices to plan, lead, and execute delivery of artificial intelligence engagements
 * Work with clients to understand business requirements, design solutions utilizing data analytics solutions, and work with data engineers to develop / utilize ETL process to ingest structured / unstructured data
 * Leverage a variety of data sources such as social media, internal / external documents, images, video, financial data, and operational data to develop cutting-edge data-driven products
 * Perform explanatory data analysis, generate / test working hypotheses, prepare / analyze historical data, and identify data patterns
 * Perform machine learning, natural language, and statistical analysis methods
 * Contribute to developing dashboards, UI and interactive tools to support clients turn their data into actionable insights / reproducible reports


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