Data Scientist (US Citizenship REQUIRED)

i3 Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

i3 Consulting seeks a Data Scientist to support OIG mission analytics via the PACE platform. You will lead data science projects spanning data mining, analytics, and predictive modeling across vast datasets, delivering visualizations and reports.

Required are five+ years in fraud analytics, data management, and ML deployment, with Databricks, PySpark and Neo4J experience. US residency and clearance are preferred. This is a remote US-position with national scope.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of hands-on experience developing analytic rules and models using best practices in fraud analytics.
• Five or more years of hands-on experience in data management and advanced analytic techniques, current within the last 6 months.
• Five or more years of experience using data sciences to identify, detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement, current within the last 6 months.
• Five or more years of experience working in team environments as well as independently.
• Within the last 12 months, experience using at least two other software packages or programming languages from R, Python, Power BI, SQL, Tableau, SAS.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science projects to develop BI solutions combining data mining, analytics and predictive analysis across diverse data sources.
• Build and deploy models using Databricks, PySpark MLlib and Unity Catalog for governance and model management.
• Create visualizations (graphs, maps) and write reports to communicate audit and investigative insights.

Skills

Data mining

Data analytics

Predictive analysis

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Unity Catalog

Neo4J

R

Python

Power BI

SQL

Tableau

SAS

Job description

Data Scientist - US Citizenship Required

i3, LLC is in search of a Data Scientist to support the mission of the Offices of Inspectors General (OIG). The OIG’s Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) has established the Pandemic Response Center of Excellence (PACE) contract and analytical platform for the purpose of conducting data analysis and visualization; sharing leading practices; providing tools and services; and providing investigative intelligence.

• Work is remote, but candidate must be based in United States (must be a resident of Maryland, Virginia, DC, NC, FL, TX or AL)
• US Citizenship is required, an active Secret clearance is highly desirable

1. Data Scientist will lead data science projects specific to developing business intelligence solutions that encompass data mining, data analytics, and predictive analysis using vast amounts of data across disparate systems and databases. From the underlying patterns in the data, trends, relationships, and anomalies, results are formulated, interpreted and articulated into audit and investigative actionable decision information which are then communicated orally and through the creation of visualizations (graphs, charts, and interactive mapping), including written reports. Experience in Data Bricks, Pyspark and Unity Catalog is very important. Two or more years of experience in training, evaluating and deploying machine learning models using Databricks, leveraging Pyspark MLlib and unity Catalog for model management and governance with recent experience (in the last 6 months). Also experience using Neo4J is a plus.

Required and preferred experience:

• five (5) or more years of, continuous in time, hands-on experience developing analytic rules and models using leading edge fraud analytic tools and industry best practices.
• five (5) or more years of, continuous in time, hands-on experience of data management and advanced analytic techniques. The experience has to be current within the last 6 months.
• five (5) or more years of, continuous in time, hands-on experience proactively using data sciences to identify, detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. The experience has to be current within the last 6 months.
• five (5) or more years of experience, continuous in time, working in the team environments as well as independent.
• In addition to Databricks, the data scientists shall have experience within the last 12 months using at least (2) other software packages and/or computer programming languages from the following list:

• R
• Python
• Power BI
• SQL
• Tableau
• SAS