Data Engineer

Data Science Engineer - Contract - Onsite - Gaithersburg, MDPosition: Data Science EngineerLocation: On Site 5x week at Gaithersburg, MDTop 3 Skills:Data Science/Data Engineer experience ideally with someone that has worked with networks/ also has network engineering background.5+ years of experience programming using C/C++, java, Python, Go and Pandas.AWS CloudResponsibilities:Provide technical leadership and identify solution for complex problem.Must be able to understand how to design and build a deployable application that uses any ML model that they design and recommendRecommend, track, and report on the business goals and the resulting technical goals, projects, and technical tasks.Perform proof of concepts, identify initial data wrangling, and then provide guidance for development of the productionized version of the capabilities.Analyze data and build predictive models based on stakeholder input.Basic Requirements:Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science or related technical field10+ years of technical experience doing data science in a Telecommunications company5+ years of experience performing data science and programming5+ years of experience using AWS Cloud technology5+ years of experience programming using C/C++, java, Python, Go and Pandas.Preferred Qualifications:Master's degree in data scienceKnowledge of relational databases such as MySQL , snowflake and BigQuery.Must have strong DS design knowledge and has experience in some ML/Ops/DevOpsKnowledge of building machine learning models using Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, or other open-source libraries.Knowledge of data visualization tools and libraries in Python/R (Shiny preferably) Or Tableau.Knowledge and experience in leading analysis efforts for large operational networks .Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.Ability to break down and understand complex business problems, define a solution and implement it using advanced quantitative methods.Identify innovative solutions that apply data science, AI/ML technology to the problem so that a development team can then take that and build an application that leverages the DS approaches.Familiarity with software version control with git.Strong work ethic and intellectual curiosity.Team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.