Data Scientist, Senior-Level - The Squires Group
Baltimore, MD 21244
About the Job
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist to join our client’s team. The successful candidate is a self-starter who can responsibly and independently analyze data, then collaborate with the Federal Government end-client leadership at all levels to present relevant information. This direct-hire role is located in Woodlawn, MD, and requires onsite presence 2 days per week. Candidates must live within 2 hours of the client-site.
Per our client contract, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders, eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance. The candidate must be willing to wait for the 4-to-6-week clearance process.
Responsibilities
- Provide support to the agency in creating a bias mitigation strategy and examine the Agency’s race and ethnicity (R/E) data for consistency and completeness.
- Assess each of the identified legacy AI-systems for bias and develop the appropriate mitigation approach.
- Collaborate with the customer to remediate or rebuild the model for compliance.
- Compare the legacy and bias-mitigated models for performance, accuracy, and achievement of business objective.
- Refine and adjust the model until sufficient bias mitigation has been achieved and parity or acceptable performance with the legacy model has been achieved.
- Document findings and methods used, publish code to the repository, and prepare a standard operating procedure for future use cases.
- Present and communicate the intent of AI government policies and Executive Orders
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8 years of Data Science experience
- 13 years of overall professional experience
- Experience with IBM AI Fairness 360 (AIF360) – preference; Machine Learning (ML); Natural Language Processing (NLP); spaCy and NLTK, as well as language models like BERT and RoBERTa, are desired.
- Knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, NLTK, Azure ML (optional), Amazon Web Services EC2.
- Proven experience analyzing data, including data quality assessment, data governance, and data protection.
- Familiarity with ethical considerations related to AI, such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation.
- Experience with extracting insights from large datasets to determine bias.
- Demonstrated an understanding of challenges in building production-worthy AI systems.
- Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript and experience with ES6+ features
- Knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding AI, including privacy, ethics, liability, and intellectual property laws.
- Demonstrating an understanding of challenges in building production-worthy AI systems.
- Proven experiences in AI ethics, governance, and compliance is a plus
- Training and/or Certification in AI ethics or related fields is a plus.?
Check out our Referral Program!
The Squires Group will pay you for every qualified professional that you refer and we place. If you see a position posted by The Squires Group and know the perfect person for the job, please send us your referral. For more information, go to https://bit.ly/squiresreferral.
The Squires Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Check out our Referral Program!
The Squires Group will pay you for every qualified professional that you refer and we place. If you see a position posted by The Squires Group and know the perfect person for the job, please send us your referral. For more information, go to https://bit.ly/squiresreferral.
The Squires Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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