Senior Data Scientist- AI and Emerging Technology

Overview

Overview

In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, an organization's data has never been a more important aspect in achieving mission and business goals. Our data exploitation experts work with our clients to support their mission and business goals by creating and executing a comprehensive data strategy using the best technology and techniques, given the challenge.

At?Steampunk, our goal is to build and execute a data strategy for our clients to coordinate data collection and generation, to align the organization and its data assets in support of the mission, and to realize mission goals with the strongest effectiveness possible.

For our clients, data is a strategic asset. They are looking to become a facts-based, data-driven, customer-focused organization.? To help realize this goal, they?are leveraging visual analytics platforms to analyze, visualize, and share information.? At Steampunk you will design and develop solutions to high-impact, complex data problems, working with the best data practitioners around.?

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About the Role

We are looking for seasoned Senior Data Scientist todevelop solutions that ensure federal clients can implement safe, secure,equitable, and privacy-enhancing AI/ML. The Senior Data Scientist will work at the forefront of responsible AI, helping move the sector beyond frameworks to tangible practices.? We are looking formorethan just a "SeniorData Scientist", but a technologistand thought leaderwith excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for dataand problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

• Rigorously evaluate AI/ML developmenttools and techniques, technical architecture, and datasetstoidentifyAI related risks and policy implications.

• Developinnovativesolutions to operationalize AI policy requirementsby embedding them in data and modelpipelines.

• Develop,test,and supportstrategiesto testand measureAI/MLbias, accuracy, and fairness.

• Develop and implement solutions to anonymize/ sanitizeboth structured and unstructured datasets.

• Translate AI governance standards into technical SOPs. Develop clear documentation and guidance.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and technical resource toteams developing, deploying, andprocuringAI to buildfederal partners'capacitytouse AI responsibly and effectively.

• Support policy experts to develop relevant, practical AI policies and governance standards.

• Support the operationalization of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.

• Develop Steampunk'sthought leadership on Responsible AI best practices; represent Steampunk in industry forums.

• You will contribute to the growth of our Data Exploitationand AIPractice!

Qualifications

• US Citizen Only

• Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science/statistics, information systems, engineering, business, or a scientific or technical discipline.

• 5-7 years industry experience developingAI/MLsolutions and a passion for using data science to solve complex problems.

• 5-7 years industry experience in SQL, Python, R, Scala, Java, or similar language

• 5-7 years industry experience in Clouddataanalytics (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with tools such as AWSSageMaker, AzureSynapse, etc.

• Deep commitment to responsible, ethical AI and a comprehensive awareness of AI's social, civil, privacy, and legal implications. Awareness of and experience applying AI risk management frameworks a plus.

• Experience translating technical concepts to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.

• Expertisein conducting data science in sensitive contexts and applying best technical practices in data privacy, anonymization, and data protection.

• Expertiseapplying best practices tomaintaindata integrity (working with both structured and unstructured data).

• Demonstrated experience with TensorFlow,Keras,Torch,or other Deep Learning toolsand frameworks.

• Experience conducting bias testing and implementing strategies to mitigate bias; experience measuring AI fairness a plus.

• Experience working with LLMsand generative AI models; experience automating the anonymizationofunstructureddataaplus.

• Experience withsemantic search enginessuch as AWS Kendra, Azure CognitiveSearch, or similartoolis a plus.

• Data visualizationexperiencein Tableau, Power BI, D3, ArcGIS, or similaris a plus.

• Must be local to DMV area

About steampunk

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers - and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit ~~~ .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date 2 weeks ago (5/3/2024 3:32 PM)

Job ID 5329

Clearance Requirement Public Trust