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Data Scientist Opening in Boston, MA!

Apex Systems combines with parent company On Assignment to make it the 2nd largest IT staffing agency in the country.

Here Are The Details

Apex has an opportunity for a Data Scientist role in the Boston area. This is a 1+ year contract position and the pay rate is flexible depending on experience.

For applicants who are interested in this Data Scientist opportunity; please send a Word resume to Kevin DiLisio, Technical Recruiter, at kdilisio@apexsystems.com.
Position: Data Scientist
Apex Job ID: 1003896
Location: Boston, MA
Rate: Negotiable based on experience
Duration: 1+ year

Position Description

Data scientists combine knowledge of statistical and machine learning practices with practical programming skills to provide data-driven solutions to real world problems. We are looking for data scientists who will be able to work in a team composed of data scientists and data engineers to support a variety of software development teams who are building applications for the modern warfighter. The ideal candidate will be able to work with product teams to identify rich data science opportunities, develop data-centric solutions, and deploy those solutions to a secure production environment.

Responsibilities

• • Work with product teams, users, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for data-driven solutions.
  • Help build sophisticated optimization models, and create algorithms for quickly producing near optimal solutions according to those models.
  • Use supervised and unsupervised machine learning approaches to develop insights and provide recommendations or predictions for future events.
  • Generate hypotheses, design experiments, gather, review and transform data, and test the hypotheses using modern and statistically rigorous methodologies.
  • Develop new techniques and applications in optimization, statistics, and machine learning fields and present those findings to the academic community.

Required Skills

• Theoretical and background in statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, and/or optimization.
• Experience in commonly used for data analysis such as Python, R, Julia, or SAS
• Experience working databases such as SQL or MongoDB

Desired Skills (not required but candidate will have exposure to these skills in this role):

• Ability to start with messy unstructured problem, identify specific research questions from it, and propose data and model-driven solutions that would create value for end-users and other stakeholders.
• Experience working on front-back-end, or full-stack web development projects.

Additional Requirements

Candidates must be US citizens able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense security clearance as a condition of employment

Additional Benefits

For this opportunity, you will also be eligible for benefits through Apex for the contract period, 401K, medical/health benefits options, a W2 hourly rate, weekly pay, and direct deposit!

EEO Employer
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