The Swift Group
Data Scientist
The Swift Group, Mc Lean, VA
The Swift Group is looking for a Data Scientist who will be a member of a team tasked with utilizing AI/ML solutions to better optimize data within our environment. The ideal Data Scientist will have a background in AI/ML Engineering that is familiar with AI/ML solutions and has experience leveraging AI/ML to better optimize data. The Data Scientist will apply data mining techniques perform statistical analysis, and build high-quality prediction models. The Data Scientist's ability to obtain data through advanced computerized models and extrapolation of data patterns through advanced algorithms to explain how the information will influence the specific project will be an essential function to providing customers a better comprehension of the data. This candidate will work closely with customer management, project managers, system architects, data scientists, data engineers, and machine learning engineers to formulate recommendations for enhancements and improvements geared towards utilizing innovative engineering solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and train Large Language Models (LLMs) in support of the customer mission
- Investigate business area processes for creative implementation of LLMs
- Apply data mining techniques to perform statistical analysis
- Assists with technical planning activities, including roadmap development and systems integration
- Collaborates with a variety of customers and contractors on a regular basis, which may include technical consultation, meeting coordination and support (e.g., TEMs), and preparation/support of technical briefings
- Participates in the development of technical project plans, reports, and contract (e.g., PMR) briefings
- Look for new capabilities for our data and data platform
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of related experience data engineering experience
- Experience with Large Language Model (LLM) architectures and training procedures
- Knowledgeable of cloud solutions (ex - Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)
- Big Data Frameworks such as Spark or Hadoop
- Data Science frameworks such as Keras, Tensorflow, or Theano
- Experience with building querying ontologies such as Zeno, OWL, RDF, SparQL
- Experience with GPU processing of data using Python or Java
- Experience with word2vec or doc2vec algorithms
- Skilled in Java and Python
- Must know to use an IDE to code (ex - Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans)
- Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex - Bash scripting, VI)
- Intrapersonal communication skills
- Ability to work well in a constantly evolving work environment
- BS/BA in Software Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or similar OR equivalent combination of education and experience
- US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required
Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Source code management and integration (ex - GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins)
- Experience with search architecture tools (ex - Solr, ElasticSearch)
- Hands on experience with cloud technology (AWS / C2S)
- Experience in an Agile environment
- Experience with testing frameworks (ex - Junit, Mockito, Swagger, Postman)
- Experience with relational databases (ex - Oracle / MySql)
- Experience with JavaScript / Typescript
- Experience with front end development (ex - Angular 2+, React, HTML, CSS, JQuery)
- MA/MS Degree
The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.