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Deloitte

Data Science Leader

Arlington, VA

Position Summary

In this age of disruption, organizations need to navigate the future with confidence by tapping into the power of data analytics, robotics, and cognitive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our Strategy & Analytics portfolio helps clients leverage rigorous analytical capabilities and a pragmatic mindset to solve the most complex of problems. By joining our team, you will play a key role in helping to our clients uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data and transforming the Government and Public Services marketplace.

Work You'll Do

In this role, the Data Scientist Specialist Leader will work directly with our federal clients to define strategy, drive technical development, and create the next generation of AI tools and services that include state-of-the-art methodologies in computer vision, natural language processing, time series analysis, preventative maintenance, signal processing,and automation of analyst workflows.

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The Senior Data Scientist will:

  • Design, develop and apply state-of-the-art methods within AI and machine learning, including the utilization of GANs, CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, BERT, and other models to solve complex problems
  • Act as an AI thought leader, including the creation of whitepapers, presentations, executive briefings, reports, and other materials to support AI solutions and services
  • Guide federal clients with high autonomy in AI strategy and development, including understanding agency needs, performing exploratory data analysis, building and validating models, and deploying models into both on-prem and cloud environments
  • Act as a subject matter expert to GPS clients and global AI partner ecosystem
  • Iterate on and/or create repeatable, reusable processes and scalable data systems that meet technical and deployment challenges
  • Maintain and uphold data science best practices on new methodologies, technologies, industry trends, and open source packages
  • Work cross-functionally with other scientists & data engineers, federal account manager and leadership to help ensure project delivery and success

The team

Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of over 15,000+ professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

The GPS Analytics and Cognitive (A&C) offering is responsible for developing advanced analytics products and applying data visualization and statistical programming tools to enterprise data in order to advance and enable the key mission outcomes for our clients. Our team supports all phases of analytic work product development, from the identification of key business questions through data collection and ETL, and from performing analyses and using a wide range of statistical, machine learning, and applied mathematical techniques to delivery insights to decision-makers. Our practitioners give special attention to the interplay between data and the business processes that produce it and the decision-makers that consume insights.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's or Ph.D Highly Preferred
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
  • Must be eligible for a US Security clearance
  • 10+ years professional experience in Data Science, Data Engineering, Software Development, and/or Metadata management
  • 5+ years experience with leading teams, proposal, and capture efforts

Preferred:

  • Critical thinker who asks questions, digs-in, comes to new conclusions based on the findings
  • Excellent communication skills: comfortable and experienced communicating to senior management and colleagues across functional areas
  • Strong stakeholder management capabilities with key focus on delivery and client orientation

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Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

Our people and culture

Our diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ideas and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our client most complex challenges. This makes Deloitte one of the most rewarding places to work. Learn more about our inclusive culture.

Our purpose

Deloitte's purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and in our communities. We are creating trust and confidence in a more equitable society. At Deloitte, purpose is synonymous with how we work every day. It defines who we are. We are focusing our collective efforts to advance sustainability, equity, and trust that come to life through our core commitments. Learn more about Deloitte's purpose, commitments, and impact.

Professional development

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there's always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

As used in this posting, "Deloitte" means Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Requisition code: 169130

Client-provided location(s): Rosslyn, Arlington, VA, USA
Job ID: Deloitte-169130
Employment Type: Other