Data Scientist

Apply only if you are US permanent resident/citizen and reside within Tri-state area (New York / New Jersey / Connecticut).

You will work as a consultant contractor (1099) for this role to work for a government agency, however your contract will be directly with errorHandle. We are in the process of submitting a proposal for a government contract and need to submit the selected candidate details as part of the requirements for different positions and this position is one of the fulfilments.

By submitting this form you are giving the consent to errorHandle to share your information with the government agency as part of proposal submission also we might ask you to provide more information or complete other forms as required by the government agency.

We will notify you once the contract is awarded then you should be available to start the job right away. Estimated starting the contract is May-June and we will notify the selected candidates once confirmed by the government agency.

Application requirement:

All candidates:

• Submit a resume including related work experience, education and any certifications.
• Submit your hourly rate expectation.
• Submit availability to start including planned/expected any time off for the rest of the year plus if you are planning to work in other jobs/projects while you are on this project.
• Consent to provide any related information or complete forms as required.

Selected candidates (estimated to be contacted in April-May):

• Provide any information that has been changed since submitting your application.
• Present in an online/in-person interview with errorHandle as well as the government agency.

Responsibilities:

Analysis, design, development, test, troubleshooting, and documentation of

complex data systems that may involve one or more of the following: predictive

score models, feature extraction, data-driven analysis, application of machine

learning algorithms, decision making, and related utilities.

Completing written documentation and reports of results in the form of business

reports, internal technology white papers, and statistical system documentation.

lndependent resolution of problems or coordinating score model design

architecture, as well as designing solution approaches to complex applied problems.

Devising new approaches to solve difficult statistical modeling problems. This

includes new model concepts and designs, such as different targets and objective

functions, and new or different uses of data sources.

Critical reviews of data experiments to ensure accuracy, completeness, and

feasibility.

ldentifying and deploying new algorithms or combinations of algorithms in creative

ways to achieve performance improvement.

Understand the customer's business need and guide them to a solution using our

AWS Al Services, AWS Al Platforms, AWS Al Frameworks, and AWS Al EC2 lnstances.

Qualifications:

PhD in a relevant technical discipline; or

Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline (Math, Engineering, Computer

Science, Statistics or similar field) with at least 3 years of job experience or

bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline with 5-7 years of job experience;

or

2 years of experience with mainstream programming languages such as Java,

Python, and Scala.

Strong mathematical and statistics skills.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral) including the

ability to communicate complex technical or statistical concepts to a non-technical

audience.

Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, EC2, Data Pipeline, & EMR

Prior experience using machine learning to build predictive models that solve realworld

problems.

Experience using cloud or distributed computing frameworks such as Hadoop,

AWS/EMR, BigQuery, etc.

Demonstrated ability to apply modern data exploration and visualization techniques

to deliver actionable insights.

Experience in collaborative projects using software development best practices such

as version control and testing.

Experience with statistical and scientific computing.

Experience with Unix/Linux system architecture and command line tools.

Experience with scripting languages.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $36.00 - $95.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Are you US permanent resident/citizen and reside within Tri-state area (New York / New Jersey / Connecticut)?
• How many years related experience do you have?
• Describe your recent experience with similar projects?
• How will you suggest improvements if you disagree with an existing process?
• How would you measure or assess a potential problem?
• What's your hourly rate expectation?
• What is you availability to start?
• Do you give us the consent to share your information with the government agency who you will work with as part of proposal submission?
• Can you tell us about any skills or experience you have that might be helpful in this job?
• What motivates you to do a great job at work, other than the paycheck?
• Tell us about a time when you found it difficult to work with someone. How did you handle the situation?

Work Location: In person