Senior Specialist, Federal Data Science

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice.

Responsibilities:

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

Qualifications:

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.

- Tensor Flow, 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 KPMG LLP and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“KPMG”) complies with all local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. If required, the ranges displayed below or via the URL below are specifically for those potential hires who will work in the location(s) listed. Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications and market considerations.

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