About ICA Global

International Consulting Associates, Inc. is a rapidly growing company, located in the D.C./Metro area. We were founded in 2009 to assist firms with evaluating and achieving their objectives. We have become a trusted advisor helping our clients by offering cutting-edge innovation and solutions to complex projects. Our small company has grown significantly, and we're overjoyed at the opportunity to expand yet again! We offer a range of management solutions and technical services on domestic and international programs. We are results-focused and have a proven track record supporting federal agencies and large government services primes in three main areas: Research and Data Analysis, Advanced-Data Science, and Strategic Services. And if that isn't amazing enough, ICA has established itself as a critical partner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We currently support multiple analytics and research programs with offices including the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

We believe in our people! We support our high-performing team and encourage work/life balance. We strive to create and foster an environment of collaboration - one team. We care about our mission and delivering value that makes a real-world impact. We are committed to hiring and developing diverse, dynamic, and highly skilled teams into an atmosphere that is safe and inclusive. We are passionate about creating solutions that leverage technology, data science, and machine learning to help make our world a better place!

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our expanding data science team.

About the Role

You'll be working on practical solutions to cutting-edge problems. You'll be involved in the full lifecycle including contributing to back-end systems and data pipelines, code production, and managing DevOps/MLOps infrastructure teams. You'll be collaborative, pragmatic, and results-driven. As the Lead Data Scientist, you'll be building, mentoring, and supervising teams of data scientists, MLOps Engineers, and/or Data Engineers. You have a desire to learn or expand your knowledge of the growing area of advanced healthcare analytics.

About You

You are inquisitive by nature, detail oriented, creative, patient, a results-focused problem solver who enjoys collaboration with your team. You use critical reasoning, are open-minded and enjoy the steps involved when confronted with a complex challenge. You enjoy making an impact and favor projects that result in measurable business outcomes over research-based projects. You have a high standard of accountability and can influence customers by creating effective presentations that communicate complex analytics to non-technical senior management and executives.

Required Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative, problem-solving-oriented field (physics, engineering, economics, computer science, mathematics, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience either in machine learning, classification tasks, time series modeling, and/or natural language processing.
• 3+ years developing and presenting to senior executives.
• Eligible to acquire and hold a US Government Clearance.

Nice if you have

• Completed Master's or Doctorate Degree in a quantitative, problem-solving-oriented field (physics, engineering, economics, computer science, mathematics, etc.).
• 2+ years working in Federal consulting.
• 2+ years of experience building/deploying analytics in AWS.
• 2+ year working on Agile projects.
• 2+ year developing NLP solutions.
• Ability to develop alternatives to mitigate impediments and communicate trade-offs to senior management.
• Ability to commute to various locations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Vaccine Status

ICA Global is a federal contractor working directly with the U.S. Government and federal agencies. Vaccination for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a requirement for employment and applicants selected will need to provide the necessary documentation of their vaccine status.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits including Health and Dental
• Flexible time off
• 401k plan with match

Location and Telework

This is a remote position. Candidates may live anywhere in the United States, but must be willing to travel to the office for the occasional team/client meetings. Flexibility is expected of the employee to be available for client/team meetings, if employee lives outside the Eastern Time Zone. Occasional travel can be expected. Employee must reside in the continental United States.

Additional Information

ICA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.