Data Scientist

We are Cor Source Technology Group, a locally owned technical staffing and recruiting firm in Portland, Oregon.

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Data Scientist

12 months

This position closes to submittals on June 16th.

Position requires the ability to meet federal background and compliance requirements.

The full‑time contract Data Scientist assignment will work within the company Transmission Infrastructure Asset Management (TI) organization on the Strategy and Planning (TIS) team. This assignment will provide support for projects under the TI program by providing analytical expertise for planning, development, integration, and implementation of asset management technologies, methods, and standards for interim and long‑term solutions to manage risk and spend efficiency on transmission system.

This assignment will analyze, process and model data and interpret the results to develop data‑driven solutions.

The TIS organization provides strategic asset management direction through risk‑informed based investment asset plans, 10‑year transmission infrastructure strategies, asset risk evaluation and application, and infrastructure resiliency planning. Candidates should be self‑starters, motivated to work independently in a collaborative manner with their own team members and internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate should enjoy working under pressure and timelines, while maintaining accuracy and excellent records management.

This position is very busy, resides in a fast‑paced environment, and manages multiple projects/tasks with the ability to adapt to change.

Note:

All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.

• Works closely with asset management teams to identify and answer crucial strategic asset management questions, leading efforts to provide data‑driven insights that support and inform broad strategic initiatives.
• Drives the development of innovative data solutions to extract, analyze and model data to solve or answer previously unanswered problems of a complex and nuanced nature.
• Introduce new analytical and predictive models and methodologies that serve to establish new best practices in day‑to‑day operations.
• Employs mastery of a broad range of advanced methods in mathematics, statistics, computer science, and machine learning to develop best‑in‑class analytical techniques for modeling complex patterns in a variety of data types.
• Develops and recommends innovative approaches and new solutions for data access, maximization and utilization and identifies emergent trends and opportunities for future development.
• Performs research to design and implement efficient algorithms for extracting information from large quantities of raw data across numerous disparate and potentially conflicting data sources.
• Performs independent studies and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of new computational and storage technologies in comparison to current systems capabilities.
• Provides useful visuals and executive summaries as a technical advisor to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Explains and shares model output to impacted and interested operational and executive parties and stakeholders.
• Develops and applies innovative statistical and mathematical principles and concepts along with appropriate testing and prototyping programs.
• Provides technical expertise on analytics that address and industry specific questions.
• Create procedural and technical documentation of models before handing over routine model running to reporting personnel.
• Reviews analytics created by others, provide advice and consultation, and lead independent verification of results, when needed.
• Facilitates coordination of assumptions, data and selection of methodologies.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in advanced mathematics, computer science, machine learning, or statistical methods is required:
• With a Master’s degree, 7 years’ of hands‑on experience performing the following is required
• With a…