Data Scientist, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)

Georgetown University•Washington, DC

4d•$80,429 - $157,239•Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), under the School of Foreign Service, is hiring a Data Scientist. This role is on CSET’s Data Team, working collaboratively with software engineers, data analysts, and research fellows to maintain CSET’s data infrastructure, make data analytically useful through extraction, classification, clustering, annotation, and entity resolution, and produce rigorous policy research and high-quality data resources. This position will contribute to a new project focused on improving bibliometric data, developing methods and metrics to identify emerging areas in science and technology, and providing open data and infrastructure to support research and decision making, including improving CSET’s Map of Science and related tools. About CSET & the Emerging Technology Observatory: CSET is a research organization focused on studying the security impacts of emerging technologies, supporting academic work in security and technology studies, and delivering nonpartisan analysis to technologists and policymakers. CSET currently focuses on artificial intelligence, advanced computing and biotechnology. CSET is located in Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus near Union Station. Members of our team are challenged with meaningful work, offered ongoing opportunities for professional development and learning, and contribute to a collegial and engaging environment where they can thrive. We are deeply committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. CSET's Emerging Technology Observatory is a free public platform for data and insight on critical emerging technology issues. Building on CSET's unique data and analytic capabilities, ETO provides analytic tools and datasets to help users across government, academia, nonprofits and the private sector understand and act on global emerging technology trends. About the Role: The Data Scientist will report to CSET’s Director of Data Science and Research and have responsibility for:

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or a quantitative field (e.g. economics)
A minimum of 5 years of professional quantitative or statistical analysis experience (can include graduate coursework)
Proficiency with SQL and Python
Experience working with code management platforms such as GitHub
Familiarity working in cloud computing environments (e.g. Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure)
Ability to process and analyze datasets, and interpret them to make decisions
Ability to work successfully in a highly collaborative team environment including people from nontechnical backgrounds
Strong project management skills
Clear written and verbal communication
Motivated, enthusiastic, intellectually curious and self-driven
Alignment with CSET’s mission, values and culture
Ability to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

Nice To Haves

Natural Language Processing (NLP) experience
Familiarity working in Google Cloud Platform or similar environments (e.g. AWS, Azure)
Experience incorporating ML or LLMs into data processing workflows
Experience working with bibliometric datasets (e.g. publications, patents, citations)
Experience working with multi-lingual data

Responsibilities

Building and maintaining data pipelines and data processing techniques for large datasets using Airflow
Designing, evaluating, and implementing solutions, including AI-enabled solutions and advanced modeling, to improve the quality and utility of datasets and enable new analytic capabilities
Ingesting structured and unstructured datasets into Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Documenting and communicating CSET methods and data resources to internal and external audiences
Collaboratively developing research designs and identifying appropriate data and methods
Interpreting results and drawing valid inferences from data to support CSET research and publications
Communicating substantive findings from data for policy audiences, via accessible visualizations, written outputs, web interfaces, and presentations.
Monitoring trends and developments in AI, ML, biotechnology, and national security policy
Contributing to CSET’s organizational development, including internal working groups, seminars, and discussions; and supporting and mentoring colleagues
Upholding CSET’s mission, values and culture
Additional duties as assigned

Benefits

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options.

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