Security-Cleared Data Scientist - ML & NLP Expert

altamiracorps; Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies seeks a Data Scientist to design, implement, and maintain data pipelines and ML projects. You will analyze complex data sets, apply NLP, R, Python, and distributed SQL, and collaborate with data engineers to build scalable environments.

The role requires expertise in statistics, machine learning, and data visualization tools, with TS/SCI/SECRET clearance preferred and a focus on cloud-native platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required.
• Master’s degree preferred in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (Java, C++, Python, R, etc.).
• Proficient in Agile Development and Git Operations.
• Demonstrated experience applying data science methods to real-world data problems.
• TS/SCI clearance is preferred
• Minimum SECRET Clearance to start with the willingness and ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and analyze data using exploratory mathematical and statistical techniques based on the scientific method.
• Coordinate research and analytic activities utilizing various data points (unstructured and structured) and employ programming to clean, massage, and organize the data.
• Experiment against data points, provide information based on experiment results and provide previously undiscovered solutions to command data challenges.
• Coordinate with Data Engineers to build Data environments providing data identified by other data professionals.
• Apply and develop scientific methodology, statistics, and algorithms to discover and frame relevant problems, hypotheses, and opportunities.
• Develop predictive and prescriptive modeling, NLP, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), text mining and processing, clustering, forecasting methods, and other advanced statistical techniques.
• Design and automate processes to facilitate the manipulation and analysis of data. Manage and integrate data across dissimilar data sets. Analyze large-scale structured and unstructured data.
• Use frameworks such as Spark and Hadoop to conduct large-scale data processing. Perform statistical modeling and create data visualizations using products like Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and R Shiny.
• Research, design, and implement algorithms to solve complex problems. Program using R, Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas) or similar analytical languages.
• Perform data engineering, data processing and modeling techniques using cloud-based data management, data science, and ML platforms such as Databricks, IBM Cloud Pak, Cloudera, and Snowflake.
• Communicate complex concepts and hypothesis to a non-technical audience through digital storytelling.

Skills

Programming

Python

R

SQL

Statistics

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Cloud Platforms

Spark/Hadoop

NLP

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s preferred

TS/SCI preferred

SECRET clearance to start

Programming languages (Java, C++, Python, R)

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

R Shiny

Databricks

Snowflake

Cloudera

IBM Cloud Pak

Job description

Altamira Technologies seeks a Data Scientist to design, implement, and maintain data pipelines and ML projects. You will analyze complex data sets, apply NLP, R, Python, and distributed SQL, and collaborate with data engineers to build scalable environments.

The role requires expertise in statistics, machine learning, and data visualization tools, with TS/SCI/SECRET clearance preferred and a focus on cloud-native platforms.