Data Scientist

• Location: Tysons, Virginia
• Type: Contract
• Job #3467

Data Scientist
Tysons, VA
Active Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 - $150,000

Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Required Skills:

• Collaborate with data and subject matter experts from C3 AI and its customer teams to seek, understand, validate, interpret, and correctly use data and business insights.
• Train, validate and deploy machine learning pipelines.
• Test, troubleshoot, and enhance customer software applications with and on behalf of customers.
• Identify application performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• Write application specifications, tutorials and documentation.

Preferred Skills:

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or equivalent fields.
• Applied Machine Learning experience (regression and classification, supervised, and unsupervised learning).
• Strong mathematical background (linear algebra, calculus, probability and statistics).
• Proficiency in time-series data analysis, cleansing, and normalization.
• Experience with scalable Machine Learning (MapReduce, streaming).
• Software development experience with JavaScript and Python.
• Experience with Git or other version control software.
• Ability to drive a project and work both independently and in a team.
• Smart, motivated, can do attitude, and seeks to make a difference.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Benefits Overview :
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *