Data Scientist

About This range is provided by ClearanceJobs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range$90.00/hr - $100.00/hrContract: Data ScientistClearanceJobs is assisting their partner, a leading-edge data and AI solutions for Fortune 1,000 companies and federal, state, and local governmental organizations has an immediate opening for an experienced Data Scientist. The right candidate will help support federal contracts with security requirements!An active Public Trust though DoC or ability to obtain is a MUST to apply!Terms: W2 Contract (with option to turnover or renew)Location: Onsite (Washington D.C)Hourly Wage: $90/hr. - $100/hr.Job Summary:The Data Scientist is responsible for combining their expert knowledge in statistical analysis, data mining, data engineering, and ML/AI to build complex end-to-end business analytics, artificial intelligence, and IT solutions. This isa customer-facing role within a cross-functional team so the ability to manage timelines, work both autonomously and collaboratively, and communicate effectively is necessary.Advanced Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research or other closely related other quantitative or mathematical disciplines.5+ years of relevant data science and analytics experience.3+ years utilizing Python for modeling and data work with strong working expertise in standard libraries such as NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, and scikit-learn.2+ years building and maintaining data pipelines in AWS or Azure.Expertise with SQLExperience with use of large cross-sectional and time series data.Experience analyzing textual data using the latest NLP techniques.Substantial knowledge and understanding of statistical concepts.Demonstrated exceptional oral and written communication skills.The ability to work independently and in a team environment.The ability to work effectively across functions, levels, and disciplines.Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.Superior team-working skills, and a desire to learn, contribute, and explore.Responsibilities:Ability to build a full data pipeline from data ingestion to processing/transformation to load to visualization and analysis.Strong working experience with descriptive and predictive data mining tasks as well as key algorithms including ML and NLP-based learning techniques.Understand and develop quantitative simulations and models as part of larger decision systems.Use managed services within AWS or Azure to process structured and unstructured data into vectorized embeddings for model and search consumption.Develop and build modern AI-based applications using LLMs and RAG.Identify and incorporate new data sources into centralized, interoperable data stores via a variety of techniques including web scraping, APIs, secure file transfer, etc.Perform sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and text classification to understand opinions, identify trends, and extract key themes.Identify and present on insights, trends, and problems through big complex data analysis to both technical and non-technical audiences.Collaborate with team members across the company to support client capture, proposal writing, and sales development.Support the technology team in staying current in emerging tools and techniques in machine learning, statistical modeling, and analytics.Create clear and compelling visualizations to communicate data-driven insights to stakeholders.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeContractJob functionJob functionAnalyst and ScienceIndustriesDefense and Space ManufacturingReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at ClearanceJobs by 2xGet notified about new Data Scientist jobs in Washington, DC.Washington, DC $114,000.00-$171,000.00 1 week agoWashington, DC $145,000.00-$204,000.00 1 week agoWashington, DC $173,000.00-$242,000.00 1 week agoAnnapolis Junction, MD $50,000.00-$120,000.00 1 year agoArlington, VA $140,000.00-$160,000.00 1 month agoDistrict of Columbia, United States 4 weeks agoChantilly, VA $140,000.00-$160,000.00 1 month agoWashington DC-Baltimore Area $100,000.00-$120,000.00 1 month agoAnnapolis Junction, MD $68,146.36-$149,921.98 2 months agoData Scientist, Legal Technology SolutionsWashington, DC $124,000.00-$176,000.00 1 week agoFort Meade, MD $70,000.00-$150,000.00 3 months agoChantilly, VA $200,000.00-$200,000.00 1 week agoWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr Nice-to-have skills • Python • Numpy • Pandas • Scikit-learn • SQL • AWS • Azure • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Data Mining • Data Analytics • District of Columbia, United States Work experience • Data Engineer • Machine Learning • NLP Languages • English