Junior Data Scientist

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Job description

Overview:
FedWriters is building a team to support the Department of Defense's efforts to integrate multi-source data and analytics to develop a comprehensive biosurveillance capability, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making in response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. As a Junior Data Scientist you will deisgn, develop and support data science solutions. FedWriters is expanding rapidly and has been recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace by Washington Post, offering excellent growth opportunities in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:
Designs, configures, develops, tests, and supports informatics and data science solutions for a wide array of technical use cases.

Applies analytical methodologies to diagnose data-related challenges, implement solutions, and evaluate performance.

Documents and presents requirements, design alternatives, and findings to team members and clients.

Ability to develop strategic, baselined, data modeling processes; ability to accurately determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Experience with integrated development environments, data integration, data visualization, data mining, and analysis tools.

Maintains and guides the development of common libraries and tools used by multiple teams.

Aids in formulating a strategy on how to achieve rapid prototyping.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with 1-3 years experience, or a Masters Degree with 1-3 years of experience.

Active Secret level security clearance.

Experience with ML fields, e.g., natural language processing, computer vision, statistical learning theory.

Experience in an ML engineer or data scientist role building ML models.

Experience writing code in Python, R, Scala, Java, C++ with documentation for reproducibility.

Experience handling terabyte size datasets, diving into data to discover hidden patterns, using data visualization tools, writing SQL, and working with GPUs to develop models.

Experience writing and speaking about technical concepts to business, technical, and lay audiences and giving data-driven presentations.

FedWriters is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.

Why Join Our Team:
At FedWriters, we place the highest importance on creating an exceptional employee experience. As part of our rapidly growing company, you'll have opportunities to achieve your career aspirations through internal promotions, professional development, and other recognition and rewards programs. Join our team and take advantage of the many benefits we offer, including:

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Vacation Pay

Paid Time Off

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