Data Scientist

Position: Data Scientist

Location: Remote, with occasional site visits to PRAC locations as required

Work Environment: Remote

Clearance Required: Public Trust (HSPD-12)

Status: Contingent Upon Contract Award

Salary Range: $122,900 - $139,100 per year

Knowesis is currently seeking an exceptional Data Scientist to join our team and provide invaluable support to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), a committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). The PRAC Analytics Center uses data analytics and investigative support to help federal Offices of Inspector General (OIGs) and law enforcement prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement across federal programs.

To be eligible for this position, candidates must have the ability to obtain and keep a Public Trust and possess U.S. Citizenship without the need for sponsorship, both now and in the future. Applicants without proof of U.S. Citizenship will not be considered due to the position's Public Trust requirements.

The Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Build, test, validate, and deploy fraud detection rules and models, including data matching, entity resolution, anomaly detection, risk scoring, natural language processing, and machine learning.
• Profile data, find gaps, and run exploratory analysis before modeling.
• Maintain and recalibrate models already in production.
• Build Microsoft Power BI charts and dashboards that explain results.
• Check rule and model results with investigators to confirm they hold up.
• Document methods, commented code, findings, and data issues so work passes quality review.
• Take part in two-week sprints and use only AI tools the PRAC has approved.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience applying statistics or machine learning to real-world data.
• Strong Python and SQL skills and experience with standard machine learning libraries.
• Experience with at least one of: entity resolution, anomaly detection, or classification models.
• Clear writing and the ability to explain results to people who are not data scientists.
• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, mathematics, or a related field, or equal experience.
• Ability to obtain and keep a Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in fraud, program integrity, or financial crimes.
• Experience with Azure Databricks or Spark.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI or Neo4j.
• Experience with natural language processing or large language models.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field.

Benefits:

Health (PPO & HDHP) Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD & LTD, Basic Life Insurance, 401k Company Match, & Voluntary Products.

Knowesis is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on merit and qualifications. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other applicable federal laws. Our company values all applicants and employees and fosters a work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.