Data Scientist

We have an outstanding Contract position for aData Scientistto join a leading Company located in theWindsor Mill, MDsurrounding area.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Responsibilities :

• Provide support to the agency in creating a bias mitigation strategy and examine the Agency's race and ethnicity (R/E) data for consistency and completeness

• Assess each of the identified legacy AI systems for bias and develop the appropriate mitigation approach

• Collaborate with the customer to remediate or rebuild the model for compliance

• Compare the legacy and bias-mitigated models for performance, accuracy, and achievement of business objectives

• Refine and adjust the model until sufficient bias mitigation has been achieved and parity or acceptable performance with the legacy model has been achieved

• Document findings and methods used, publish code to the repository, and prepare a standard operating procedure for future use cases

• Present and communicate the intent of AI government policies and Executive Orders

• Self-starter who can responsibly and independently advance work

• Work with customer leadership at all levels and present relevant information

• All other duties as assigned or directed

Basic Hiring Criteria :

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or Information Science

• Minimum 8 years of Data Scientist experience

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

• Experience with IBM AI Fairness 360 (AIF360) - preference; Machine Learning (ML); Natural Language Processing (NLP); spaCy and NLTK, as well as language models like BERT and RoBERTa, are desired

• Knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit -learn, NLTK, Azure ML (optional), Amazon Web Services EC2

• Proven experience analyzing data, including data quality assessment, data governance, and data protection

• Familiarity with ethical considerations related to AI, such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation

• Experience with extracting insights from large datasets to determine bias

• Excellent analytical skills to identify potential risks and propose effective solutions

• Clear communication skills to convey complex ethical and technical concepts to various partners

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Providing problem-solving skills, and proven communication in written and verbal formats to various audiences to include executive leadership

• Demonstrated an understanding of challenges in building production-worthy AI systems

• Proactively seeking guidance, clarification, and feedback

• Selected candidates must reside within two (2) hours of customer Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD

• Selected candidates must be willing to work on-site at least 3 days a week

Desired Qualifications :

• Master's Degree, Advanced Degree in Computer Science, other quantitative discipline, or Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or Information Science with 13+ years of experience

• Proven experience in AI ethics, governance, and compliance is a plus

• Training and/or Certification in AI ethics or related fields is a plus

• Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript and experience with ES6+ features, such as classes, and arrows demonstrating an intimate understanding of privacy, data, and model governance activities including AI risks, oversight mechanisms, documentation, and development processes

• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding AI, including privacy, ethics, liability, and intellectual property laws

• Proven experience with the full system development lifecycle

• Demonstrating an understanding of challenges in building production-worthy AI systems

• Displaying an ability to manage senior stakeholders and client needs, including: building relationships with clients, approaching clients in an organized manner, delivering clear requests for information, and facilitating alignment across multiple stakeholders

• Displaying the ability to research and analyze pertinent to the customer and technical matters

• Demonstrating the ability to contribute to a positive working environment by building relationships with team members

• Collaborating with teams comprised of technical, data science, and business specialists

• Collaborating with senior leaders and coordinating roll-out and change management for new processes

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