What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at NS2 Mission?
Are you ready to join a small, high-performing team making a big mission impact? NS2 Mission is seeking a driven and innovative Data Scientist to support our team in Reston, VA with a cutting-edge cloud-based search and analytics platform. This role offers the opportunity to design and build data-driven solutions that empower users to discover and leverage high-value data at scale.
Position Overview:- Collaborate with team members to define requirements, design features, and build advanced search and discovery capabilities.
- Apply your data science expertise to develop AI/ML features on structured data, and integrate them into application services.
- Partner with data engineers on data modeling and ETL pipelines to transform raw data into usable, enriched datasets.
- Contribute to the long-term technical vision and roadmap to enhance performance, usability, and innovation across our systems.
- Support development and O&M activities, debug issues, and maintain system documentation.
- 12 years of relevant experience in software/data development
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle on cloud infrastructure
- Proficiency in programming with Python, Java, or similar languages
- Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques
- Hands-on experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases
- Knowledge of software practices and configuration management
- Familiarity with tools like Jira, Git, and JFrog Artifactory
- Experience delivering large, mission-critical software projects
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment
- Experience with person/entity resolution across datasets
- Experience with data visualization frameworks (e.g., D3.js, Chartkick, V Charts)
- Experience with Graph databases
- Experience with Elasticsearch
- Experience building and managing ETL pipelines
- Experience in an Agile development environment
Position Clearance Requirement:
TS/SCI FSP
We win with inclusion
NS2 Mission's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At NS2 Mission, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
NS2 Mission is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with NS2 Mission and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: NS2Mission.Careers@sapns2.com.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
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