Data Scientist (Active Public Trust Clearance Required) - Seneca Holdings
Falls Church, VA
About the Job
Western Door Federal is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is the federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. SNG meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers across a variety of domains. The SNG portfolio receives shared services support from its parent company Seneca Holdings and is comprised of multiple companies that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more visit www.senecanationgroup.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
The Seneca Nation Group companies offer competitive compensation and a strong benefits package including comprehensive medical and dental care, matching 401K, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for you and your family. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.
Western Door Federal is seeking a Data Scientist in Falls Church, VA. The position is considered hybrid.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Work as part of a team to complete data projects supporting analysis important to the Defense Health Agency
- Support the investigation and processing of complex unstructured and semi-structured data to provide innovative solutions that help improve the customer's accuracy, efficiency, and costs by giving them better control of their processes and data to support critical decisions.
- Analyze algorithms to compute the time and memory size of different data science techniques for distributed, clustered, and cloud-based applications.
- Use various supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, especially data clustering techniques.
- Identify valuable data sources and automate mining/collection processes.
- Build ensemble models using learning algorithms to analyze large amounts of data/information to discover, articulate and predict trends and patterns.
- Develop conclusive insights using statistical methods.
- Make and defend arguments using data and data-based insight.
Basic Qualifications:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.
- B.A. in a relevant quantitative and computational discipline (e.g., data science, statistics, computer science, etc.).
- 3+ years of experience performing data science and analytics (e.g., data visualization, statistical analysis, predictive analysis, and machine learning) with special emphasis on data aggregation/synthesis, data management, and prepping data for model consumption.
- Ability to work with team members to create reports and dashboards that provide insight, improve repeatability/automation, and extensibility.
- Ability to analyze large and complex datasets (structured and unstructured), with a strong aptitude for conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Expertise in Microsoft Excel and combining spreadsheets using formulas, VBA, PowerQuery and/or SQL.
- Proficiency using Power BI and Tableau and developing, maintaining, and reviewing dashboards for data visualization; working knowledge of Tableau administration and architecture.
- Proficiency querying data using SQL.
- Proficiency in performing data manipulation, statistical analysis, and predictive modeling using Python and/or R.
- Experience with and knowledge of databases, data warehouse, database concepts.
- Familiarity with Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications and techniques.
Desired Skills:
- Demonstrated decision support experience with the Defense health Agency or government health institution preferred demonstrable experience from commercial/industry organization accepted.
- Experience with Microsoft Power Apps and Automate
- Experience with DMHRSi, Manpower,and staffing models.
- Experience with cloud solutions for data science, such as Azure or AWS.
- Master's Degree + one (1) year of experience
- Familiarity with Agile (SAFe/Scrum) development methodologies.
- Knowledge of coding languages (e.g., C++, Java, JavaScript) and frameworks/systems (e.g., AngularJS, Git).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement:
The Seneca Holdings family of companies is committed to building an inclusive work environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diversity of our employees. We recognize that an inclusive corporate culture improves how we support our customers and also improves the collective impact we can make in our communities.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Seneca Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information and/or predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status, veteran status, or other protected class status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training. The Company also prohibits retaliation against any employee who exercises his or her rights under applicable anti-discrimination laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does give hiring preference to Seneca or Native individuals. Veterans with expertise in these areas are highly encouraged to apply.