Data Scientist

Visionist, Inc. is a privately held, professional IT services company located in Columbia, Maryland, primarily focused on work for United States Department of Defense and United States Intelligence Community. Through direct work with the US Government and industry partnerships, Visionist consultants contribute to national security needs in software engineering, user interface (UI) design, embedded development, cyber research and operations, and RF analysis.

Visionist is currently seeking Data Scientists who will be responsible for data analytics support across a variety of areas, from the development of advanced data analytics to understanding, evaluating, and implementing customer requirements. The positions offer an opportunity to stay current with the latest trends, technologies, and future industry movement in relation to data analytics.

* Develop, design, maintain, and enhance data analytic solutions for customer * Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources * Experience working with large datasets, experience working with distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Spark, etc.) * Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner * Build conceptual, knowledgeable, and physical data models * Produce innovative and creative solutions to analytic problems

* Bachelors degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Quantitative Economics etc.). Master's Degree in a related field a plus. * 3+ years practical experience with programs such as Python, R, Scala, or Julia * Strong familiarity with data science applications such as association analysis, graph/network analytics, clustering, text analytics, classification and regression (multivariate and logistic) * Experience designing and implementing static and dynamic visualizations in R, Python, Tableau, or similar visualization software * Comfortable with various data structures and common methods in data transformation * Experience with programming languages such as Java, Scala, Python a plus * Knowledge of machine learning methods (neural networks & deep learning) and platforms (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, H20) a plus * Previous work on analytics for real-time/streaming data (Spark Streaming or Flink) a plus * Previous work on advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) a plus * Ability to work independently and as a member of a team * Excellent oral and written communication skills