Key Facts

Remote From:

United States

Fixed term

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

•
Communication
•
Leadership
•
Time Management
•
Teamwork
•
Prioritization
•
Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics, or related field
Experience in US Federal Government data science programs requiring TS/SCI clearance, including geospatial and social network components
Data engineering expertise with programs processing over 700 million records in under 30 minutes on a high-frequency, recurring basis
Extensive knowledge of statistical algorithms, machine learning, and adaptive systems

Requirements:

Lead the development, implementation, and testing of statistical models and NLP integration to refine the PoC prototype for the intake process
Collaborate with State stakeholders and technical teams to ensure results are transparent, statistically sound, relevant, and well-documented; establish task framework with milestones and deliverables; identify risks and mitigations
Design and lead a new intake process leveraging NLP and machine learning; identify functional blocks, evaluate architectural and data-source trade-offs, and document the final approach
Oversee prototype deployment with weekly status updates and gate reviews, gather stakeholder feedback, and contribute to an Agile roadmap for integrating the technology into the State's ecosystem

Job description

This is a remote position.

Seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support a proof-of-concept demonstration using natural language processing and other machine learning methods to improve the intake process. The Data Scientist will be expected to oversee and support the development, implementation, and testing of statistical models, integration of NLP, and refinement and testing of the prototype. Additionally:

Work closely with State stakeholders and technical team members to ensure the quality of the results and that the derived methods are transparent, statistically sound, relevant, and documented.
Establish a framework for the execution of technical tasks within the proof-of-concept. The framework will consist of task breakouts, milestones, and deliverables.
Identify critical milestones related to information, receipt of data, testing, and delivery.
Identify key risk factors and means of mitigation.
Participate in critical discussions involving current intake workflows, how decisions are made based on information from the intake process, and the allocation of State labor.
Contribute to the identification of intake process shortcomings and prioritize based on their impact on children and State resources.
Devise New Intake Approach Using New Technologies.
Lead the development of a new intake process that leverages natural language processing and other machine learning algorithms.
Identify the functional blocks and reconcile their contributions to solving the prioritized shortcomings.
Evaluate architectural and computational implementation trade-offs for each functional block. The evaluation should consider risk from the standpoints of technical, schedule, and security.
Evaluate trade-offs of using different data sources, including existing systems, sample data, simulated data, or other alternatives.
Document the final approach for transparency.
Design Review(s)
Create the framework for the design review process.
Lead the design review and evaluate the functional design with respect to resolving prioritized intake process shortcomings, and the impact on children and State resources.
Technical, schedule, data security, and other risk factors.
Source of data and its usefulness in demonstrating the efficacy of the approach.
Proposed methods of test and demonstration.
Documentation of the process for transparency.
Oversee the implementation of the prototype by conducting weekly status updates and, when appropriate, gate reviews.
Provide guidance when needed to mitigate risk and remove technical or administrative roadblocks.
During the course of 3-4 days, provide conference room support to demonstrate that shows how the prototype application can improve child outcomes and reduce State resources.
Capture key stakeholder comments regarding technical aspects of the application.
Contribute to the development of a roadmap that illustrates how the developed technology could be integrated into the State’s ecosystem of technologies and processes.
Contribute to the Agile development process to ensure the success of the project.

Requirements

Skill	Required/Preferred	Required Years of Experience	Candidate Experience
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics, or related field.	Required	4+
Have participated in US Federal Gov’t data science programs requiring TS/SCI clearance, delivering solutions requiring the combination of geospatial disciplines and pattern of life, and Social network connections.	Required	4+
Data engineering expertise, with demonstrable experience custom building programs processing in excess of 700 Million records in less than :30min, on a highly frequent, reoccurring basis.	Required	4+
Proven expertise working with CCWIS data attributes to predict child welfare outcomes, including but not limited data attribute selection, data clean up and statistical tuning.	Required	4+
Extensive knowledge of statistical algorithms, machine learning, and adaptive systems.	Required	4+
Prior history of designing and building machine learning algorithms from the ground up.	Required	4+
Experience with making technical trade-offs between algorithmic approaches. based on collective errors, computational time, scalability, and outcomes.	Required	4+
Prior success in developing optimal non-rule-based decision-making systems where the inputs are stochastic.	Required	4+
Successful history of converting social processes and human decision-making into computational models that yield improved results.	Required	4+