Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

ICF is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you’ll utilize your expertise in text and data analytics at a high level. We are seeking a confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to conduct this valuable work in a fully remote capacity within the USA. This position is open to senior- and principal-level professionals, depending on experience.  

Job Location: Remote within the U.S.

If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and also prohibits personal VPN connections. 

Responsibilities 

• Create Dashboards using Tableau with Databricks with both visuals (charts, graphs, etc...) as well as tables for end users to slice and dice data to gain insights to various business processes. 

• Demo work in small and large virtual settings, obtaining client and end-user feedback to enhance dashboards to meet business requirements 

• Within an Agile environment, collaborate with other data scientists, data engineers, quality engineers, business analysts and product owners to ensure solutions meet client needs 

• Create and maintain datasets from disparate data sources and provide analysis there of using SQL and Databricks within an Azure Cloud Environment 

• Utilizing Tableau in a Databricks Azure Cloud Environment, create dashboards containing visuals (e.g.: charts, graphs) and tables that allow end-users to slice-and-dice data to gain insights to various business processes 

• Balance technical data architecture and data flows with end-user UX best practices 

• Tell stories with data; educate and instill confidence to motivate stakeholders to act on recommendations 

• Engage with Data Engineers to build-out next-level data infrastructure 

• Participate in GitHub code reviews and knowledge sharing, especially when building solutions within a business domain that other team members may not work in 

• Partner with customers, product owners and business analysts to gather requirements and/or mockup potential dashboard solutions. 

Basic Qualifications 

• US Citizenship is required by the federal government for this position  

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.  

• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply. 

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, analytics or other field.

• 7 years’ experience in: Data and analytics projects using data applications to develop insights from large datasets.

Preferred Qualifications 

• 2 years’ experience in: 

  • JIRA, GitHub and Confluence 

  • Statistical software and database management software packages (e.g., R, Python, SAS) 

  • Cloud platforms 

  • Relational databases and data warehousing (e.g., OLAP, dimensional modeling) 

  • Creating dashboards that contain visuals and tables using Tableau with Databricks 

  • Creating and maintaining datasets from disparate data sources and providing analysis utilizing SQL and Databricks 

  • Agile methodology. 

• Excellent problem-solving skills and end-to-end quantitative thinking. 

• Experience with data linking / advanced data management, combining data from different sources, automation, and deploying data science solutions at scale 

• Experience in data organization, cleaning, treating, etc.; knowledge of version control and reproducibility. 

• Prior experience in consulting and/or healthcare business segment. 

• Secret Clearance, nice to have but not required.  

Professional Skills 

• Leadership and team-working skills 

• Ability to self-organize, prioritize and conduct research on multiple projects under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment 

• Ability to communicate and write clearly in English. 

Working at ICF

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: