Data Scientist

Role : Data Scientist

Location : 100% Remote (around the DC / MD / VA area is best but not required)

Job Type : W2 Contract

Required :

• Active Secret Clearance or higher
• master's degree or higher

Note :

1-5 years of experience

Interview Process : 2x video

Top Skills :

Python

ML & AI Tools

Building Chat Bots

Advana or Foundry exp a huge plus

Role Responsibilities :

Develop document intelligence solutions for information extraction, semantic search, and natural language understanding; design and implement generative AI and large language model solutions, including prompt and context engineering, model evaluation and fine-tuning, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approaches

Develop machine learning and AI solutions for computer vision, supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing, and statistical analysis methods, such as classification, regression, clustering, collaborative filtering, sentiment analysis, language modeling, time-series analysis, statistical inference, etc.

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to identify business opportunities and develop artificial intelligence, large language model (LLM), and document intelligence solutions; drive technical execution and delivery of data science and AI engagements for state and federal government clients and work with government clients to manage risks, set expectations, and ensure successful delivery of projects

Work with clients and team leads to identify and integrate data sources; collaborate with data engineers to develop and utilize ETL processes to transform and enrich structured and unstructured data; leverage a variety of data sources such as images, video, voice, documents, financial data and operational data for insights

Design and develop Agentic AI frameworks where autonomous agents can execute complex business processes through orchestration of LLMs, APIs, custom workflows, and third-party tools.

Develop, test, and deploy production-ready data science and AI solutions within the client enterprise cloud environment, supporting the end-to-end product development lifecycle and adhere to industry-leading practices for continuous delivery and integration and MLOps

Contribute to development of dashboards, UI and interactive tools that turn client data into actionable insights and reproducible reports

Role Qualifications :

At least an active Secret clearance or higher

Proficiency with programming languages such as Python and SQL, and their associated open-source packages / libraries, with a focus on AI / ML tools and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn) and NLP libraries (e.g., Hugging Face, spaCy)

1+ years of experience in developing machine learning models (supervised and unsupervised learning, time series and forecasting, natural language processing, computer vision, anomaly detection etc.) and familiarity with relevant model training, testing, and validation processes (regularization, feature selection, cross-validation, etc.)

Ability to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to achieve concrete business goals; ability to work with the business to understand available resources and constraints around data (sources, integrity, and definitions); provide assistance and resolve problems, using solid problem-solving skills with strong verbal / written communication skills

Familiarity with big data open source tools (e.g. Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, etc.), and open source web frameworks and UI platforms (e.g. Flask, Shiny, Django, Dash) is a plus

Preferred : Experience working in Advana, Databricks, Palantir Foundry, and UiPath

Preferred : Master's or PhD degree from an accredited college / university in mathematics, statistics, Computer Science, engineering or any other related field;

Avinash Kumar Sr. IT Recruiter

Email- avinashk@stellentit.com Phone Number : +1 321 7856 062

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