Data Scientist -TS​/SCI; FSP Security Clearance

Position: Data Scientist -TS/SCI (FSP) with Security Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction

Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your role and responsibilities Seeking a versatile data scientist with TS/SCI US Government security clearance and FSP to join a small agile team building big data pipelines, AI/ML-based analytics capabilities, and user interfaces for government customers. This project includes highly innovative work focused on leveraging AI/ML to discover patterns and develop insights across multiple data types and mission areas. The team is fast-paced, collaborative, and cohesive, and depends on team members to communicate openly and to design solutions and deliver quality models on a regular, aggressive clip.

Innovative application of advanced data science techniques is highly valued as the team regularly confronts novel challenges and use cases. The data scientist will design, develop, integrate, test, and deploy models using a combination of custom, open source, and off-the-shelf (GOTS/COTS) software packages and a variety of data types (structured, unstructured, non-text). Required education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise
* US Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance and in-scope full-scope polygraph required on Day 1

* 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or machine learning.

* Proficiency in Python, R, or similar programming languages.

* Experience with tools such as Jupyter, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Tensor Flow, or PyTorch.

* Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

* Must be willing to work 5 days per week in SCIF in Annapolis Junction, MD. Preferred technical and professional experience
* 1+ year of experience conducting data science work on AWS classified cloud architecture.

* AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer.

* Experience supporting federal clients in defense, intelligence, or homeland security.
* Knowledge of classified data environments and secure data handling practices.
* Familiarity with NLP, computer vision, or geospatial analytics.
* Experience with Agile development methodologies.

* Experience installing and managing software on a high-performance compute environment.

* Strong understanding of data wrangling, modeling, and visualization techniques. ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration.

We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet. YOUR LIFE @ IBM In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.

They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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