Description

Captivation Software is looking for a senior level Data Scientist who has a significant MLOps and data science background.

Responsibilities

• Produce data visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning
• Work with subject matters experts (SMEs) to identify important information in raw data and develop scripts that extract this information from a variety of data formats (e.g., SQL tables, structured metadata, network logs)
• Incorporate SME input into feature vectors suitable for analytic development and testing
• Translate customer qualitative analysis process and goals into quantitative formulations that are coded into software prototypes
• Develop and implement statistical, machine learning, and heuristic techniques to create descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
• Develop statistical tests to make data-driven recommendations and decisions
• Develop experiments to collect data or models to simulate data when required data are unavailable
• Develop feature vectors for input into machine learning algorithms
• Identify the most appropriate algorithm for a given dataset and tune input and model parameters
• Evaluate and validate the performance of analytics using standard techniques and metrics (e.g. cross validation, ROC curves, confusion matrices)
• Oversee the development of individual analytic efforts and guide team in analytic development process
• Guide analytic development toward solutions that can scale to large datasets
• Partner with software engineers and cloud developers to develop production analytics
• Develop and train machine learning systems based on statistical analysis of data characteristics to support mission automation
• Lead a team of data scientists in the development of multiple analytic efforts
• Work with customers and SMEs to define analytic requirements and guide the team in formulating analytics that meet requirements
• Guide the transition of prototyped analytics to production system
• Understand emerging machine learning and pattern recognition algorithms and guide a team of data scientists in integrating state-of-the-art algorithms into solutions
• Delegate analysis responsibilities to one or more team members and monitor performance

Requirements

Security Clearance:

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in two (2) or more of the following
  • Designing/Implementing machine learning
  • Data mining
  • Advanced analytical algorithms
  • Advanced statistical analysis
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Software engineering with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB. 
• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering or computer science)
• An additional four (4) years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline can be substituted for two (2) years of experience for a total of eight (8) years of experience required
• A Doctoral Degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline can be substituted for four (4) years of experience for a total of six (6) years of experience required.

This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.