Data Scientist - VA (Onsite)

Overview

On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 month(s)
100% Travel

Skills

machine learning
cloud computing
data scientist
Database Management

Job Details

In Person Interview.

This Data Scientist position with the Professional Services Procurement Office will be an important member of the team. In this role, the Data Scientist collects and analyzes statistics and information from multiple sources to spot trends and to gain maximum insight that can give the company a competitive advantage and communicates informed conclusions and recommendations across an organization's leadership structure. Strategizes and identifies unique opportunities to locate and collect new data, explores and mines data from many angles, and determines what it means. Communicates data findings to both business and IT leaders to influence how an organization approaches and meets business challenges of an evolving customer base and changing marketplace, using strong business acumen. Finds and recommends new uses for existing data sources; designs, modifies, and builds new data processes; and builds large, complex data sets.

In addition to standard knowledge, skills and abilities for a Data Scientist, the successful candidate for this role will have experience and knowledge of procurement, preferably professional services procurement and the data related to this business need as well as procurement related reporting systems and technology.

Tools and Technologies:

  • Programming languages: SQL, Python, PySpark, Shell Scripting, PowerShell
  • Data visualization: Tableau Desktop & Server, Power BI, Looker, Jupyter Notebooks
  • Other frameworks: git, GitHub, SSH Secure Shell, Putty, XML, JSON, SQL Workbench
  • Big data platforms: Apache Spark, Spark SQL, Hive, HDFS, MapReduce, Azure Data Lake
  • Cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, EMR, SNS, IAM, Redshift, CloudWatch, SQS, Route53, CloudFront, Athena, Kinesis, QuickSight, Lambda.
  • Statistical tools: Snowflake, Redshift, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
Required/Desired Skills
Skill Required /Desired Years of Experience Required Years of Experience You Have
Statistics and probability Required 7
Database management Required 7
Machine learning and deep learning Required 7
Data Visualization Required 7
Cloud Computing Required 7
Interpersonal Skills Required 7
Predictive Analytics Required 7
Data Cleansing and Transformation Required 7
Cross Functional Collaboration Required 7
Business Intelligence and Reporting Required 7
Statistical Modeling Required 7
Experience utilizing these skills in public sector procurement environment Required 7
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