24.27 Data Scientist

SierTeK proudly serves our clients by providing expertise in the Program Management, Information Technology, and Administrative Support domains. Founded in 2007 as a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned company, we serve as prime- and subcontractor for a multitude of Federal Department of Defense contracts. By focusing on continual improvement, our services remain at the forefront of our industry, and we pride ourselves on delivering our services with the highest degree of integrity.

SierTeK Ltd. is seeking a Data Scientist to support an opportunity remotely.

POSITION OVERVIEW SECTION 

The employee shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order. This effort includes tasks and activities to be performed by the contractor to support the Internal Medicine Branch of USAFSAM Aerospace Medicine Consultation Division specifically to support cardiology data analysis.

Essential Job Functions

• Design data modeling processes to create algorithms and predictive models and perform custom analysis and Identify trends in data sets.
• Manipulate large data sets and use them to identify trends and reach meaningful conclusions based on research protocols.
• Clean, aggregate, process, and organize data from disparate sources and transfer it to data warehouses while verifying the integrity of the data for analysis.
• Provide expertise concerning the validity of assumptions made and the criteria by which alternatives are recommended, as well as advise and recommend new techniques, innovations, and technical and scientific advancements which may serve as a means of overcoming aeromedical operational issues.
• Draft and/or edit study protocols, proposals, scientific abstracts, manuscripts, slide presentations, and posters as required.
• Collaborate with professional colleagues, academic partners, medical professionals and government officials to achieve research goals. Interact professionally with all levels of personnel within and outside of the organization.
• Organize review of relevant scientific literature and attend meetings, as required, with government organizations, academia, and meetings with other experts in their field.
• Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. The NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.

Minimum Position Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Data Science or related fields, for example Computer Science or Mathematics, with at least 2 years of experience in their field. Experience can be substituted with a PhD in Computer Science, Computational Geometry, or Data Science.
• Demonstrated experience of application of machine learning algorithm methods on a variety of data types and sources.
• Demonstrated experience of application of Topological Data Analysis methods on a variety of data types and source.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the Python programing language.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge in operations research and rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis to include statistical analysis, machine learning, computer science, programming, and data storytelling.

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Have experience presenting research at scientific meetings and published in peer reviewed journals in Computational Geometry, Topological Data Analysis or Computational Topology.
• Publications relating to the subject of Topological Data Analysis
• Knowledge and application of the Topological Hierarchical Decomposition algorithm
• Prior military experience, or previous experience working in a military research environment.

SierTeK is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. Employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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