Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. West 4th Strategy, LLC is seeking an experienced Data Scientist for the Office of the Under Secretary of the Army for Personnel and Readiness. The role involves developing Python scripts, building machine learning models, and creating data visualizations to support Army-wide workforce planning and readiness initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate Python scripts for collecting, cleaning and preprocessing data
• Work with cross functional teams to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions
• Create reports and visualizations in Qlik sense to communicate findings and insights effectively, matching needs of stakeholders and users
• Build and implement machine learning models and/or predictive analytics
• Maintenance of Historical Data for Faces to Spaces Data Model
• Troubleshooting issues with ETL to a quick resolution
• Updating ETL to reflect new data elements for new and existing manpower and personnel data sources
• Data ingestion and transformation
• Monthly updates / automation of new data ingestion and visualization
• Create Data Products
• Interpret data requirements and develop Qlik/Tableau Reports
• Refactoring/repointing data ingest of dashboards from databases
• Create documentation on how to use reports, how to refresh the data and overall dashboard architecture

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, mathematics, or a related field - required
• 3-10 years' experience directly related to the outlined role responsibilities
• 3 years' experience as a Data Analyst or Data Scientist, with demonstrated hands-on experience with technologies such as Databricks, Python, Spark, and Pandas
• Proficiency in Qlik
• Experience with building, training and deploying machine learning
• Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality results with little direction/oversight
• Comfortable using AI tools to improve product quality and delivery speed
• U.S. Citizenship - required
• Active Secret clearance - required
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI
• Experience with cloud data structures such as AWS S3, delta and external tables
• Experience with Machine Learning models and/or Generative AI
• Demonstrated experience building end-to-end data pipelines in Databricks, with a proven ability to integrate existing legacy systems

Benefits

• Benefits package includes options for health, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• 401k contribution options
• Employment Classification Eligibility — W2

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