Data Scientist

Job Title: Data Scientist Location: Arlington VA - Hybrid (twice in a month or fortnight)

We are seeking a Data Scientist to join our team. Candidates will need to live in the DC Metro area and report to the office in Arlington VA twice in a month or fortnight.

Position Requirements:
Proficiency in common data science tools and programming and scripting languages such as SQL, Python, R, and JavaScript with a proven ability to create solutions in complex environments, including the use of programming languages to create datasets, visualizations, and interactive reports in various business intelligence applications.
Skill applying analytical techniques, methods, and processes to business problems demonstrated through a history of accepted modeling and analyses that resulted in meaningful business impact. These include working with unstructured or structured data and converting those data sets using a variety of analyses such as optimization, simulation, classical and spatial statistics, and/or programming languages.
Skill using advanced analytic techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, robotics process automation, artificial intelligence, text and/or data mining, and statistical and mathematical methods.
Strong writing and documentation skills to capture collection of source data, methodology from business rules, and visualization deployment from a myriad of sources and interactions with various stakeholders.
Perform analysis of data for Extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL) strategies, pattern recognition, and application of analytical tools.
Review, analyze, and modify existing products including coding, debugging, testing, and documenting.
Provide guidance to coworkers on business and technical issues affecting projects, such as data access, data quality, storage capacity, and analytic tools and software.
Assist with training and conference development which may include presentations to large audiences.
Facilitate between business owners and end-users who need to communicate with database administrators and traditional IT support staff.
Ensure that quality/security guidelines are followed.
Strong relational database and querying languages experience.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.
Understand and follow a software development lifecycle (analysis, design, development, coding, testing, debugging, and documenting).

Desired Requirements:
Specialized experience working with programming languages (e.g., Python), business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI), and analytics platforms (e.g., Databricks).
Knowledge and experience in the law enforcement and/or audit industry
Knowledge and experience using cloud computing platforms such as Azure
Knowledge and experience with relational databases and structured query language (SQL)

Experience:
Must have a Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, or related field.
Minimum of 5+ years experience and skill writing coding languages (such as SQL, Python, R, and Java Scripts).
Minimum of 3+ years experience working with projects involving machine learning, natural language processing, robotics process automation, artificial intelligence, text and/or data mining, as well as statistical and mathematical methods.
Minimum 6 months experience working with AWS or Azure services such as Databricks, Data Factory, and Data Lake.
Professional Certification(s) in a related field of data science and/or data analytics disciplines preferred.
Candidates MUST be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance. Must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in last 5 years and have resided in the US for the last 5 years