Data Science, Associate

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret eligible clearance; Active federal background investigation with a T5 adjudication is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree with 1 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years of relevant experience; an additional 6 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• Experience with Python or R
• Knowledge and experience of advanced analytics and data storage
• Knowledge of various data science applications and architectures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Polished oral and written communication skills sufficient to compose, tailor, and deliver original presentations and papers on abstract concepts
• Ability to develops and employs strategies to analyze key issues, draw conclusions from data, and recommend viable solutions to address customer mission needs.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to complete complex data science projects.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud provider
• Experience in solving problems with structured and unstructured data
• Experience in applying statistical and data visualization skills
• Strong problem solving skills to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets
• Proven ability to learn and master new software, technologies and techniques.
• Experience with SQL querying language and the Microsoft SQL Server ecosystem
• Experience in two or more of the following: Python, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Apache Spark, Hadoop, R, C , SQL Database/coding, or visualization tools such as Table
• Experience with inferential and descriptive statistics
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques.
• Experience with analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data, including natural language processing, deep learning and online person-in-the-loop training techniques.

Peraton is hiring a Data Science Advisor to support critical missions within it's Risk Decision Group. This is a 100% Remote position.

What you’ll do:

• Exercises creativity in applying traditional and non-traditional approaches to large-scale analysis of diverse data sources in support of high-value use cases.
• Requires strong technical and computational skills - coupled with the ability to code design, develop, and deploy sophisticated applications using advanced structured, unstructured and semi-structured data analysis and modeling techniques.
• Utilizes advanced tools and computational skills to interpret, connect, predict, and make discoveries in complex data of imperfect quality and deliver recommendations for business and analytic decisions.
• Leverages data transport and transformation APIs and technologies such as JSON, XML, XSLT, JDBC, ODBC, SOAP and REST.
• Creates visualizations, reports and data flows using tools like Microsoft Pivot, Palantir, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Advises on data driven improvements - validates experiment design and communicates requirements for statistically sound and relevant results.
• Develops and maintains high quality data products such as models, reports and dashboards.