Data Science Practitioner

Accenture Federal Services delivers a range of innovative, tech-enabled services for the U.S. Federal Government to address the complex, sensitive challenges of national security and intelligence missions.

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Job Description: 

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Science Practitioner who wants to develop innovative solutions for our customers. We look to rapidly prototype solutions and deploy the most promising of them. We identify and leverage the latest techniques so that our customers can stay one step ahead. On every project you’ll learn something new (and likely teach us something as well). If that sounds appealing to you - we’d love to chat.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage, architect, and analyze big data in order to build data driven insights and high impact data models.
• Create a value chain to help address the challenges of acquiring data, evaluating its value, distilling & analyzing.
• Examine data from multiple sources and share insights which provide competitive advantage.
• Contribute to assets/offerings and thought leadership.

Here's what you need:

• 3 years experience with Python programming
• 2 years experience with SQL
• 1 year experience statistics and exploratory data analysis
• 3 years experience with Linux shell commands
• Demonstrated understanding of relational databases

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience in Pandas library / data wrangling
• Experience in Spark Ecosystem
• Experience in cloud-based dev environment (Databricks AWS)
• Exposure to Natural Language Processing tasks such as Information Extraction, Named Entity Recognition.

Security Clearance:

• An active TS/SCI clearance is required to start

Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here.    

Role Location: Range of Starting Pay for role  

California: $90,700 - $147,100 

Colorado: $90,700 - $127,100

New York City: $105,000 - $147,100 

Washington: $96,600 - $135,200

 

Eligibility Requirements

US Citizenship required.

Important information

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one may be required for this role. Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

 

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