Remote Data Scientist — AI & Cloud Transformation

GovCIO; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Data Scientist to support the VA data modernization initiative. This fully remote role is located within the United States, requiring the ability to obtain suitability/public trust clearance.

Responsibilities include building data products, migrating workloads to the cloud, and leading AI adoption. The role also involves creating tutorials, hosting office hours, and deploying ML solutions to solve complex business problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline, +15 years experience (or commensurate experience).
• Proficient in Python and advanced SQL for data analysis
• 2+ years’ experience on cloud platforms such as Databricks, Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Experience end-to-end data science workflow from datasets to production tools (NumPy, SciPy, MLFlow)
• Solid understanding of traditional machine learning toolboxes
• Working knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI workflow
• Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance

Responsibilities

• Consult with internal clients and build data products/workflows to support critical operations
• Migrate and modernize clients’ workload from legacy environment to the cloud to realize quantifiable improvements
• Spearhead AI adoption with clients to drive business outcomes
• Create reference use cases with supporting tutorials, reference code, and training to drive adoption of cloud tooling for concrete business results
• Host office hours to upskill clients
• Develop, train, and deploy machine learning to solve complex business problems

Skills

Python

SQL

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

NumPy

SciPy

MLFlow

LLMs

AI agents

traditional ML

Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related discipline

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

NumPy

SciPy

MLFlow

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Data Scientist to support the VA data modernization initiative. This fully remote role is located within the United States, requiring the ability to obtain suitability/public trust clearance.

Responsibilities include building data products, migrating workloads to the cloud, and leading AI adoption. The role also involves creating tutorials, hosting office hours, and deploying ML solutions to solve complex business problems.