Senior Data Scientist

Company: Greystones Group
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Greystones Group is a fast-growing woman-owned small business supporting the Warfighter with best-in-class artificial intelligence and big data analytics capabilities. Our capabilities include mission planning, operational support, leader development and education, cybersecurity, electronic warfare, and information technology solutions.We are looking for dedicated and motivated candidates that can grow with the company. At Greystones, we recognize that everyone brings their own important skill sets and unique talents to create a highly competent team to deliver quality solutions. We ensure that each member's needs are addressed effectively, and our employees are not just a number. We offer a close-knit community that ensures your growth and development in a setting that provides world-class support to our customers.Greystones is seeking 3 Senior Level Data Scientists to support the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) in their acceleration of the DoD's adoption of data, analytics, and AI to generate decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. The role involves designing, developing, and optimizing AI/ML solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate AI technologies and ensuring scalability and performance using cloud-based and distributed computing tools like Apache Spark. Additionally, the position includes managing the full lifecycle of AI components, conducting research, and applying AI advancements to enhance products, while maintaining shared libraries, supporting prototyping strategies, and addressing data-related challenges.Schedule: Hybrid schedule. 2-3 days a week in Falls Church, Arlington, or Alexandria.Pay: $180-230kBenefits:

• 401k
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insuranceResponsibilities:
  • Designs, configures, develops, tests, and maintains informatics and data science solutions across a broad range of technical applications.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including data scientists and software engineers, to incorporate AI solutions from CDAO or the DoD community into Search Portfolio products as appropriate.
  • Optimizes AI models for performance, scalability, and efficiency, leveraging cloud-based resources and distributed computing frameworks, particularly Apache Spark/Databricks, and adapts code to run on GPU-enabled Kubernetes clusters.
  • Keeps up to date with advancements in AI research and applies relevant findings to enhance Search Portfolio products.
  • Manages the full lifecycle of AI/ML components used in Search Portfolio products, from research and development to deployment and optimization.
  • Uses analytical methodologies to identify data-related challenges, implement solutions, and assess performance.
  • Documents and presents requirements, design options, and findings to team members and clients.
  • Develops strategic data modeling processes, accurately identifying cause-and-effect relationships.
  • Experienced with integrated development environments, data integration, data visualization, data mining, and analysis tools.
  • Maintains and supports the development of shared libraries and tools for use across multiple teams.
  • Assists in developing a strategy for achieving rapid prototyping.Requirements:
    • Bachelor's degree with 7-10 years of experience, or Masters degree plus 5 years of experience.
    • Experience with machine learning fields such as natural language processing, computer vision, and statistical learning theory.
    • Direct experience with Large Language Models, text embedding, semantic query, use of generative AI for text, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
    • Familiarity with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques for machine learning projects.
    • Strong understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, and neural networks.
    • Experience with version control systems like Git.
    • Experience in an ML engineer or data scientist role building machine learning models.
    • Experience writing code in Python, R, Scala, and C++ with documentation for reproducibility.
    • Experience using distributed computing environments, such as Apache Spark or Databricks, for AI/ML workloads.
    • Experience handling petabyte-sized datasets, conducting in-depth data analysis, using data visualization tools, writing SQL code, and working with GPUs to develop models.
    • Experience working with cloud-based data persistence products, especially RDS PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL extensions such as pgvector.
    • Experience writing and speaking about technical concepts to business, technical, and lay audiences and giving data-driven demonstrations.
    • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.Greystones Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and abides by the requirements of 41 CFR - - 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation.If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Greystones career website due to your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by contacting our Human Resources Department at 202-644-8998 option #2 or hr@greystonesgroup.com if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise participate in the application process.This organization participates in E-verify.
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