Data Scientist – (IRAD Program – Prototype)
Position Type: Part-Time, W-2
Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required
SRG is seeking a Data Scientist to support several development projects. This position will work under the Lead Data Engineer and serve as a key integrator of data sources, APIs, and language model processing pipelines. You will contribute to the server-side logic, perform data transformation and analysis, and optimize backend systems that drive AI-informed decision support.
Remote/Hybrid work with occasional in-person attendance.
Washington, D.C. Metro Area (Remote/Hybrid)
- Collaborate with the Lead Data Engineer to integrate structured and unstructured data sources (APIs, manual datasets, local files) into scalable processing workflows.
- Develop backend logic for secure data ingestion, feature engineering, and transformation using Python, Pandas, NumPy, and SQL.
- Implement and optimize API connectivity with federal datasets (e.g., Census, EPA, OpenWeather, BLS, etc.).
- Contribute to LLM data preparation and tuning pipelines, including integration with OpenAI, LlaMA, Dolphin, or Hugging Face Transformer models (local or cloud).
- Work within secure environments (including air-gapped systems) to preprocess data and support analytics workflows.
- Participate in technical team syncs to validate data flow logic, troubleshoot model outputs, and improve end-user data accessibility.
- Ensure adherence to data privacy, encryption, and access control protocols.
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