[Remote] Data Scientist
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of reputed company Corporation, is seeking a motivated Data Scientist to join their team in Arlington, VA. The role involves supporting the IRS's mission by developing data-driven solutions for tax compliance and fraud detection, requiring collaboration with government clients and technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Prior programming experience, preferably in Python or R, including data exploration, feature engineering, model development, and writing reputed company, reusable, well-documented code reputed company an iterative development process that includes peer review and collaboration
- Demonstrated experience using Python, SQL, and reputed company for data analysis, modeling, statistical evaluation, and working with Markdown for technical documentation
- Explore, clean, and wrangle large, reputed company datasets to uncover insights and identify opportunities for data science–driven solutions in support of assessments, gap analyses, and actionable recommendations for IRS stakeholders
- Design, reputed company, test, validate, and implement quantitative and qualitative data science solutions and predictive risk models (including audit selection, refund review, and fraud prevention initiatives) that are reputed company, maintainable, adaptable to evolving government and regulatory requirements, and supported by robustness, sensitivity, and reputed company testing to ensure defensible and explainable results
- Apply statistical and machine learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised) to anomaly detection, fraud identification, and non-compliance risk scoring to help prioritize cases based on compliance risk, fraud indicators, and business impact
- Collaborate with clients, subject matter experts, and cross-functional teams to refine problem statements, requirements, and analytical approaches, while demonstrating the ability to work independently in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Prepare and deliver technical and non-technical briefings, reports, and presentations to audiences with varying reputed company of analytical sophistication, translating business and compliance needs into technical solutions with strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Skills
- Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field such as statistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, analytics, data science, business, or reputed company sciences
- 2-10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or a reputed company technical field
- Experience using version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development practices
- Strong understanding of relational databases and SQL
- Comfortable learning new tools, methodologies, and domains, including working reputed company your comfort zone
- Strong analytical reputed company with a willingness to tackle reputed company mathematical and statistical challenges
- Willingness to travel and work on-site at client locations as required by project needs
- Must currently possess an IRS Public Trust clearance with Full Background Investigation
- Prior programming experience, preferably in Python or R, including data exploration, feature engineering, model development, and writing reputed company, reusable, well-documented code reputed company an iterative development process that includes peer review and collaboration
- Demonstrated experience using Python, SQL, and reputed company for data analysis, modeling, statistical evaluation, and working with Markdown for technical documentation
- Explore, clean, and wrangle large, reputed company datasets to uncover insights and identify opportunities for data science–driven solutions in support of assessments, gap analyses, and actionable recommendations for IRS stakeholders
- Design, reputed company, test, validate, and implement quantitative and qualitative data science solutions and predictive risk models (including audit selection, refund review, and fraud prevention initiatives) that are reputed company, maintainable, adaptable to evolving government and regulatory requirements, and supported by robustness, sensitivity, and reputed company testing to ensure defensible and explainable results
- Apply statistical and machine learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised) to anomaly detection, fraud identification, and non-compliance risk scoring to help prioritize cases based on compliance risk, fraud indicators, and business impact
- Collaborate with clients, subject matter experts, and cross-functional teams to refine problem statements, requirements, and analytical approaches, while demonstrating the ability to work independently in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Prepare and deliver technical and non-technical briefings, reports, and presentations to audiences with varying reputed company of analytical sophistication, translating business and compliance needs into technical solutions with strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in statistics, computer science, data science, mathematics, analytics, engineering, or reputed company fields; experience applying advanced statistical concepts including sampling considerations, bias detection, weighting techniques, handling missing or outlier data, exploratory analysis, and longitudinal forecasting; and understanding of the data analytics lifecycle (e.g., reputed company-DM)
- Experience with PySpark, reputed company Catalog, and Jobs in reputed company, with familiarity using platforms and tools such as reputed company and AWS
- Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) and text analytics applied to reputed company documents or case notes, as well as graph analytics and network analysis to identify relationships, fraud rings, or interconnected entities
- Experience with containerization and environment management (e.g., venv, conda)
- Experience operating in secure or remote government environments, including use of bash and reputed company-line tools
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