Data Scientist (Remote)

ICF • Reston, VA

4d • Remote

About The Position

ICF is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial, multi-faceted consulting company, seeking a Data Scientist to support our work across NIH. We look for someone who loves to learn and is passionate about their work. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in machine learning principles, experience with relevant tools and frameworks, and a passion for continuous learning and innovation. The ability to work standard Eastern Time is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field: Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• 3 or more years of experience with modeling and quantitative analysis using standard statistical software.
• Highly proficient in Python.
• Experience with GenAI and LLM tools and frameworks.
• 1 or more years’ experience working with any major public cloud service (experience preferred with Bedrock, Foundry, Vertex AI or similar).
• 1 or more years’ experience with NLP, machine learning, deep learning principles and practices.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency (Green Card holder) is required due to federal contract requirements

Nice To Haves

• Experience with incorporating Generative AI into data transformation pipelines.
• Demonstrated prompt engineering expertise to design, test, and iterate LLM prompts that improved answer quality and reduced hallucinations.
• Understanding of Deep Learning methodology.
• Experience with data warehouse design and development as well as data modeling for both relational and dimensional data models.
• Demonstrated experience showing strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills paired with a desire to take initiative.
• Excellent listening, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgement while effectively prioritizing and executing tasks while under pressure.
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and develop custom AI-driven data pipelines which address client problems, maximize efficiency, and maintain high standards of quality.
• Design and develop statistical analyses, visualize the output of statistical models, present and interpret the output of predictive models, and perform quality assurance tasks on model code and output.
• Develop solutions to a variety of client problems using both generative AI non-generative AI models.
• Identify important and interesting questions about large datasets, then translate those questions into concrete analytical tasks.
• Build quantitative models with data and communicate the results of those models to stakeholders.
• Help conceptualize, as well as perform, data analyses to summarize trends.
• Develop and execute database queries that in turn support developing/formatting modeling inputs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level