Data Scientist/Biostatistician Job at Peraton
Responsibilities:
Our CDC Program is looking for a Data Scientist/Biostatistician. This hired individual will join a high performing team. This position is fully remote.
What you will do:
Peraton Overview:
Our CDC Program is looking for a Data Scientist/Biostatistician. This hired individual will join a high performing team. This position is fully remote.
What you will do:
- Perform advanced data quality control and analysis of public health related data (e.g., large EMR datasets, large relational databases) using R or Python
- Cleanse data (data munging) and prepare datasets for analytics
- Perform statistical analyses, develop advanced data analysis and data visualization tools and applications in Python and/or R
- Develop multilevel statistical models towards specific outcomes
- Understand, specify, process and present information from potentially several disparate data sets
- Generate actionable knowledge from data
- Prepare technical reports and routine data analysis reports using large scale data sets using Python and/or R
- Assist interpreting data analysis findings and offer solutions for issues identified
- Communicate and collaborate with other scientists on aspects of study analysis and interpretation
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and 2 to 4 years of experience or a Masters or Doctorate Degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar field
- Experience with statistical techniques (e.g., measures central tendency, dispersion, variance, regression)
- Experience with cleaning data for analysis (i.e., data munging)
- Experience working with real world large databases and identifying data gaps and inconsistencies (i.e.- data validation and missingness patterns)
- 3-5 years of experience with quantitative analysis and data interpretation
- 3-5 years of experience programming in R, PySpark/Python programming for Statistical analyses and data management
- Excellent organizational skills, commitment to generating accurate data, ability to meet short deadlines, and demonstrated experience in multi-tasking
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; Experience with both written and oral presentation of data and the ability to interact with senior research staff and external stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card Holder
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with cloud platform, preferably Azure (Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Python, and Power BI)
- Prior CDC and Public Health e
- Experience in developing machine learning models and algorithms, including the use of the following Python machine learning libraries: Numpy, Scipy, Scikit-learn, Theano, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Pandas, and Matplotlib
- Experience developing user-friendly interactive, data insights and visualization tools (e.g. R Shiny applications, PowerBI, Tableau)
- Microsoft Certified Azure Data Analyst Associate/Azure Data Fundamentals
- Experience developing and supporting Python based AI/ML solutions
- Experience using source control and DevOps tools (such as, Git/Bitbucket, Atlassian Confluence, Jira)
Benefits:
At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.
Peraton Overview:
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Target Salary Range: $66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. EEO Tagline (Text Only): An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.
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