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TekSynap

Senior Data Scientist

TekSynap, Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35824


Responsibilities & Qualifications:

RESPONSIBILITIES

Typically works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently.

May oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.

Responsible for utilizing big data technologies (e.g., Apache Hive, Apache, Pig, Apache Spark, MapReduce, Hadoop, and MongoDB) and knowledge of data science models to analyze large amounts of data and create valuable insights for supporting the mission.

Duties include:

Finding and designing new approaches to handling

Analyzing and using large volumes of law enforcement, intelligence, investigative, and business data sets

Exploring fundamental issues with data handling, search, and retention

Solving complex data and storage issues

Designing new software coding to improve data search processes

Designing, testing and validating the quality of the data and data processes

Analyzing and reporting results with actionable recommendations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Active Top Secret Clearance

Minimum 6 years of experience with Apache Hive, Apache, Pig, Apache Spark, MapReduce, Hadoop, and MongoDB.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, or related field

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in Entity Resolution, developing and implementing methods to identify and link records across different data sources that represent the same real-world entity (e.g., person, organization, product).

Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) models for tasks like text classification, sentiment analysis, and entity recognition.

Experience with Natural Language Generation (NLG) models for tasks like text summarization.

Databricks, Spark, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Python, Scala, CoreNLP, and Transformer foundational models.

Overview:We are seeking Top Secret cleared Senior Data Scientist to join our team. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

This team is responsible for providing IT product lifecycle management, technical expertise, and support for the development and operations lifecycle. The team is engaged in the operation and enhancement of over 80 existing IT applications, including several new applications developed annually. Team activities cover information systems operations, information systems development and modernization, and IT security.

The operation of existing applications and new application initiatives are critical to the success of the mission. Additionally, thousands of personnel in the law enforcement, intelligence, legal, and administrative communities use these services on a daily basis to perform mission-critical work. These applications require responsive, effective, and specialized technical expertise to limit disruption to operations.

TekSynap offers our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Location: Huntsville, AL

Type of environment: Office

Noise level: Medium

Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday (typical shift is between 8am-5pm EST)

Amount of Travel: Less than 10%

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCEU.S. Citizen

Top Secret Clearance

OTHER DUTIESPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYIn order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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