Data Scientist

Job Description

ELEVI is looking to add a Data Scientist to our team.

In order to join the Team you will need

• You must be willing to work in the Annapolis Junction area.
• A CURRENT OR ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE WITH POLY IS REQUIRED.
• Bachelor's and Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering or computer science).
• Five years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics.
• Five years of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• An additional two+ years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can be substituted for a Master's degree.
• A PhD from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline can be substituted for three years of experience.
• Any exposure to algorithm development, machine learning, and related tools/disciples.
• The ability/wherewithal to wrangle data of varying styles, types, pedigrees into a form that allows the equivalent of pattern recognition type analytics.
• Required skills:
  • Python and object oriented programming.
  • Analytic development within linux environment.
  • Experience with Data Frames (Pandas or Spark).
• Nice to have:
  • PySpark and/or distributed computing.
  • Experience working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
• This position will have up to 60% telework opportunity.

Some of your day-to-day activities:

• Work with a team to analyze and characterize large data sets, create data visualizations, and identify anomalous/interesting behavior.
• Develop machine learning, data mining, statistical and graph-based algorithms to analyze and make sense of datasets; prototype or consider several algorithms and decide upon final model based on suitable performance metrics.
• Build models or develop experiments to generate data when training or example datasets are unavailable.
• Generate reports and visualizations that summarize datasets and provide data-driven insights to customers.
• Partner with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics; implement prototype algorithms within production frameworks for integration into analyst workflows.

We are an equal opportunity employer (EOE) that empowers our people. It is the policy of ELEVI to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants—without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.