Natural language processing and data scientist - security clearance required | District Heights, MD

implementation, test, documentation, and maintenance of socio-technical solutions that provide highly impactful capabilities for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The Natural Language Processing and Data Scientist’s responsibilities include: Developing NLP systems according to user and sponsor requirements.

Synthesizing and summarizing the state of the art in NLP approaches related to complex datasets. Adapting AI and Machine learning algorithms to process textual data sets. Working with human annotators, subject matter experts, and annotation software tools to develop bespoke NLP capabilities. Finding and implement the right algorithms and tools for NLP tasks. Use

effective text representations to transform natural language into useful features. Creating custom NLP and data science models from scratch using the integrated data sources.

Designing and building custom NLP and data science models based on large datasets. Creating new data processing pipelines and various data science processes including data preparation, feature selection, training, classification, and deployment workflows. Training the developed model and run evaluation experiments. Working closely with user needs experts to develop NLP and AI/ML algorithms/tools for integration in software development. Developing written reports and briefings for stakeholders and customers. Minimum

Requirements: Education: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in computational linguistics, data science, computer science, statistics, or related fields.

Experience: Three or more (3+) years of experience building custom data science models using machine learning. Four or more (4+) years of experience with Natural Language Processing and/or visualization tools such as R or Tableau. Three or more (3+) years of experience with Linux. Experience with statistics and statistical analysis of data. Experience with R, Python, SAS , MATLAB , or other programming languages Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Comfortable performing data acquisition, data cleansing and other data preparation tasks Excellent social skills.

The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Conditions of Employment: If selected, you must meet the requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to a government security clearance investigation that includes criminal and credit history checks, as well as verification of U. S. citizenship, birth, education, employment, and military history. Must also be able to obtain a TS/ SCI U. S. security clearance. Able to work on-site work from 3-5 days per week at the UMD / ARLIS building in College Park, MD.

The position does not support travel expenses from the employee’s lodging to the work site For more details: jobs-search. org/architecture-construction_college-park-c434142/natural-language-processing-and-data-scientist-security-clearance-required-college-park_i1969780793