Jr Data Scientist

Description

Job Description:

The Government Health and Safety Solutions Operation is seeking a Jr Data Scientist in Bethesda, MD.

Responsibilities:-

• Provide artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and data analytics support for peer review.
• Perform scientific domain analysis and prediction using ML, large scale clustering
• Explore algorithms that involve topic modeling and clustering, and test their scalability on massively big data.
• Work on free text data and incremental automated processes to facilitate federal scientific resource allocation procedures.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data analysts, and other scientific officers on NIH businesses and research.
• Perform large and complex data sets analysis, conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Interpret, connect, predict and make discoveries in complex data and deliver recommendations for business and analytic decisions.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders

Educational Qualifications:

• Masters degree in in Data Science from a reputed University. 1-2 years of experience in relevant field.

Required Qualifications:-

• Advanced proficiency in programming languages such as R, Python, Pearl
• Experience in handling large data sets, performing predictive analytics such as machine learning and data mining.
• Experience with analyzing large and complex data sets, with strong aptitude for conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Experience with the application of bioinformatics and statistical tools and the analysis
• Has the ability to utilize advance tools and computational skills to interpret, connect, predict and make discoveries in complex data and deliver recommendations for business and analytic decisions.
• Experience with handling large data sets, generate predictive regression models (logistic and multivariate) and apply machine learning algorithm such as random forest, elastic net.
• Experience with developing machine learning algorithms for object detection and recognition, large-scale indexing and retrieval and multimedia understanding
• Excellent presentation and communication skills; Demonstrated ability to clearly explain technical issues to technical and non-technical customers
• Experience with Cloud computing environments such as AWS, Azure.
• Experience with various bioinformatics databases and tools.

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous experience working with NIH

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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