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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
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As a Data Scientist, Senior, you will join a team dedicated to transforming complex structured and unstructured data into actionable information to solve global challenges such as fraud detection, cancer research, and national intelligence. You will work closely with clients to identify their specific needs, guide teammates, and lead the development of algorithms and systems. Your daily responsibilities include data exploration, cleaning, analysis, mining, and the creation of predictive models and visualizations. To succeed in this role, you must possess expertise in statistical and general-purpose programming languages, as well as experience with machine learning, AI, or NLP. Preferred technical skills include R, Python, SQL, NoSQL, MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, MySQL, Plotly, Seaborn, and ggplot2. A Top Secret clearance is required for this position.
What does a Data Scientist earn in Virginia?
Median $145200 from 75 postings across 5 companies.
Analyze structured and unstructured data sets to identify key information and solve complex problems.
Develop algorithms and systems using machine learning, AI, and natural language processing.
Create predictive data models and perform quantitative analyses for client decision-making.
Translate complex data points into actionable insights and objective answers for clients.
Lead the development of technical projects and provide guidance to teammates.
Visualize targeted data sources using specialized software packages.
Perform data exploration, cleaning, and mining to prepare information for analysis.
What we're looking for
Top Secret clearance.
2+ years of experience with data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, or mining.
2+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis.
Experience analyzing structured and unstructured data sources.
Experience developing predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources.
2+ years of experience in the development of algorithms leveraging R, Python, or SQL or NoSQL (preferred).
2+ years of experience with distributed data/computing tools, machine learning, AI, NLP, or specific visualization packages (preferred); Master's degree and TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph (preferred).
Python
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Data Mining
Feature Engineering
Clustering
Anomaly Detection
Optimization
Modeling and Simulation
Linux
Windows
Statistics
Operations Research
IoT
VSAT