Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist, Woodlawn, MD

• Long-term Contract (Potential to Hire)
• Must be able to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD 5 days a week
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
  
• NO THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS PLEASE! CANDIDATES MUST BE SELF-REPRESENTED.

Description

Seeking a Confluent Kafka Engineer to work on-site in Woodlawn, Maryland. Will provide expertise in the development, testing, and production support of Confluent Kafka-based systems. This role requires deep expertise in Kafka architecture, including Confluent Control Center, Kafka Streams, and Kafka Connect. The engineer will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth operation of data streaming services.

Responsibilities

• Develop models using Python, SAS, or R.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners and other SMEs.
• Present findings to senior staff and make recommendations for improvements.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, as required.

Requirements

Minimum Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field + 10+ years of experience as a Data Scientist in a big data environment.
  • Technical Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for 5 years of required experience.
    

Minimum Skills:

• Experience using SAS, Python, and/or R to compile, transform, and export data.
• Experience building and re-estimating statistical models.
• Expertise working with big data.
• Experience integrating claims, payment, and other administrative data to produce accurate and detailed data tables, statistical analyses, and visualizations related to various studies.
• Experience writing technical and detailed accompanying documentation for data analyses, datasets, and data visualizations that promote an in-depth understanding of an analysis and serves as institutional knowledge and to support quality assurance.
• Experience anticipating problems and working to mitigate any anticipated schedule, quality, or timeliness impacts to projects.
• Experience with building data pipelines, designing databases, and optimizing data flows, preferably with Greenplum.
• Ability to conduct data validation and data analysis to refine existing model features and develop new model features.
• Expertise in working with client SMEs, active listening, and gathering information used in the development and iterative refinement of analyses.
• Strong foundation in statistical modeling, probability, regression analysis, and hypothesis testing, machine learning operations, deep learning, natural language processing, etc.).
• Knowledge of best practices in transitioning prototypes to production (e.g., error-handling, integration, etc.).

Desired

• Expertise with AI
• Ability to provide thought leadership in data science.
• Ability to learn programmatic processes quickly.
• Previous experience with SSA data sources.
• Experience with Data wrangling, cleansing, database management, AWS, and ETL.

Please Note:

• Only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
• No calls, inquiries, or Third-Party Vendors please.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. (The ACI Group is unable to sponsor H1B Visas).
• $1000 Referral Bonus - www.aci.com.

Since 1988, The ACI Group, a Baltimore-based staffing firm, has been committed to hiring the industry's leading professionals, and presenting exciting career opportunities. We have access to varied types of contract, permanent and contract-to-perm positions and offer a choice of employment options including a full benefits package.