Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers most complex challenges. As a Data Scientist/Machine Learning Developer at GDIT, youll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.

The successful candidate at the SME level is recognized as an SME within the occupation and is someone that is certified with specific languages, systems or technology required or has a significant number of years of experience; experience with the subject matter or technology outweighs the number of years of experience. SMEs shall be able to mentor or training other members of the contractor team and share their expertise within and across the contract, organizational boundaries and with mission partners. Mission partner-facing communication skills may be required. The candidate will take requirements from a teammate with User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) expertise in the form of wireframes, site maps, diagrams/schematics, process maps, feature lists, mock-ups and visual specifications. Lean Agile is the development process used on the team so familiarity with that methodology is key. Responsibility for development of unit tests and the automated execution of those tests as well as participation in end-to-end testing is required. Estimation of cost and schedule for enhancements and/or new requirements is also expected.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE

• Experience in developing and training machine learning models, analyzing user feedback and interaction data, and collaborating with the NLP engineers and information retrieval SME. Experience with agentic AI platforms, model parameter tuning and dynamic CPU/GPU scheduling
• OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), LLM, Transformers, Retrieval Augmented Generation, Vector Embeddings
• Python Libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, SciPy, FilterPy
• Front End Skills: Single Page Applications using Vue, JavaScript, C++, C#, Perl, TypeScript, IaC, CSS, SCSS, DHTML, UML and Python, Responsive Design, RESTful APIs, React, Angular
• Tools/Frameworks: OzoneFuze Widget Framework, Ozone Widget Framework, JEE (EJB, JSP, Tag-Libs), Spring (Core, MVC & AOP, Security, Data), Google Web Toolkit, Hibernate, Struts, Selenium, Eclipse
• Back End Skills: Microservices, REST, Node.js, Nest.js, AWS CDK, EMR, RDS, ELB
• Documented Experience with DevOps/Platforms: Amazon Web Services (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD: Jenkins, Artifactory, Docker, Kubernetes and build tools like maven, Gradle, git
• Experience with databases/datastores: Presto, HiveSQL, Trino, Spark (PySpark), ElasticSearch (OpenSearch), Cassandra, Couchbase, Redis, MongoDB, OrientDB, Hadoop (HBase/Phoenix)
• Excellent skills in DB Schema design and SQL development
• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to develop or modify moderately complex information systems
• Translate software requirements into working and maintainable solutions within the existing application frameworks
• Implement the products lifecycle: Design, development, quality, deployment and maintenance
• Develop and adhere to best-practices for developing applications
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: BA/BS in Information Technology or related field
• Experience: 15+ years of related experience
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Location: McLean, VA, on Customer Site
• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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