NLP Data Scientist — TS/Poly Clearance (Onsite DC)

J5 Consulting

McLean (VA)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage (100% employer-paid)

6% 401(k) match

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Bonuses

Professional development

Job summary

J5 Consulting is looking for a qualified candidate in McLean, Virginia, to provide data-driven analysis and support focused on natural language processing (NLP). Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in SQL and Python, and have experience with relevant libraries like Spacy and TensorFlow.

This role requires US citizenship and an active Top Secret Security Clearance, with the expectation of being onsite within the Washington Metropolitan Area. Benefits include 100% employer-paid health coverage and a 6% 401(k) match.

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience performing NLP tasks and using Python libraries.
Professional experience with SQL and database management.
Proficiency with version control systems such as GitHub.

Responsibilities

Provide data-driven business analysis to support senior leaders.
Transform structured and unstructured data into analytic insights.
Conduct advanced statistical analysis on various metrics.

Skills

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Python

SQL

Deep Learning (PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras)

Machine Learning (Scikit-learn)

Version Control (GitHub, Jenkins)

GPU Computing

Cloud Computing

Tableau

Statistical Analysis

Tools

HuggingFace Transformers

Spacy

Gensim

NLTK

Flask

Job description

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

Introduction

The Sponsor provides data-driven business analysis to support senior organizational leaders. The Sponsor requires support specializing in natural language processing (NLP) and associated data preparation to help identify challenges and opportunities for the Sponsor’s customers. The Sponsor needs experienced SQL and Python skills to transform the Sponsor’s structured and unstructured data into clear and supported analytic insights to help customers with decision making related to production, resources and personnel. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment.

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience:

Demonstrated professional or academic experience performing NLP tasks, including selecting the best Python libraries for a given task, choosing appropriate pre-processing actions, performing analysis, and assessing model performance
Demonstrated professional or academic experience using Python NLP packages such as Spacy, Gensim, or NLTK to analyze or process collections of documents
Demonstrated professional or academic experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, or Keras
Demonstrated professional or academic experience with the HuggingFace Transformers library and hub
Demonstrated experience creating machine learning models that conduct text classification and topic modeling in Python using standard machine learning (Scikit-learn) or deep learning models
Demonstrated academic or professional experience using encoder-decoder and generative language models to perform NLP tasks
Demonstrated academic or professional experience communicating methodological choices and model results
Demonstrated professional or academic experience and proficiency with SQL to include using common table expressions, set operations, aggregated functions and nested subqueries
Demonstrated professional or academic experience with version control systems such as Github and Jenkins
Demonstrated experience leveraging GPUs for accelerated computing
Develop practical approaches for measuring performance
Assist in developing types of measure, the collection of data, analyzing the data, and presenting that data to senior leadership
Conduct advanced statistical analysis on personnel, intelligence, and performance metrics
Assist in selection or development of appropriate methodology to conduct research
Analyze information and provide research findings in a manner that is easily grasped by the customer and consumers

Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience:

Demonstrated experience writing Python scripts that pull data from web-based APIs and relational databases
Demonstrated experience with cloud computing development and architecture
Demonstrated experience with front-end web development frameworks such as Flask
Demonstrated experience developing applications for semantic search
Demonstrated experience tuning LLMs on custom data sets and applying results to specific use cases
Demonstrated professional or academic experience and proficiency with Tableau to produce visualizations and dashboards

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US Citizenship:

This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph
Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment

Travel:

This position is expected to be onsite. The position will be located within the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA). Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance

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