***CANDIDATES MUST BE US Citizens based in metro Washington DC***
Team members in this role will support our government client's Applied Technology Lab including conducting training seminars related to Python data analysis techniques, system administration and driving/defining research projects and communicating results to the enterprise. This position requires hands on expertise and proficiency with Python and data analysis techniques with Python in addition to a diverse set of communications, strategy, technical, business, and creative skills that combine expertise in python analytical methodologies, software development and engineering.
Responsibilities
- Consult on migration from legacy SAS implementations to Python based solutions
- Analyze raw data: assessing quality, cleansing, structuring for downstream processing
- Generate actionable insights for business improvements
- Provide consultative advice in emerging areas of Data Science, Data Visualization, Statistical Tools and Analytics (Python, R), in alignment to client goals and strategies.
- Assist in the design and develop prototypes and proofs-of-concept based on business area and IT needs on an as-needed basis
Qualifications
- US Citizenship is required
- Candidates must be local to the metro Washington DC area
- Bachelor's or Master's degree mathematics, computer science, engineering, or related field
- At least 4 years' of experience in quantitative analytics or data modeling
- Deep understanding of predictive modeling, machine-learning, clustering and classification techniques, and algorithms
- Fluency in a programming/scripting languages (Python, Java, SQL, R, SAS)
- Familiarity with Big Data frameworks and visualization tools (Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, Power BI)