<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p>Take2 is a leading IT Services company specializing in serving Federal and commercial clients. Our innovative, collaborative, and rewarding work environment has earned honors from Inc. 5000 for a fastest growing company for four years straight, the Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work, Virginia Business’ Best Places to Work as well as making it on the Washington Business Journal Fast 75 list two years in a row.</p><p><br/></p><p>We are looking for a Junior Data Scientist to support a program for the Veterans Health Administration. This position requires you to obtain a Public Trust clearance, meaning that US Citizenship or a Green Card is required. We cannot sponsor employment for this role. This position is open to remote delivery anywhere within the United States, to include the District of Columbia. </p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Analyzing and preparing data needed for modeling</li><li>Developing advanced algorithms that solve problems of large dimensionality in a computationally efficient and statistically effective manner</li><li>Implementing statistical and data mining techniques e.g. hypothesis testing, machine learning, and retrieval processes on a large amount of data to identify trends, patterns and other relevant information</li><li>Collaborating with clients and other stakeholders to effectively integrate and communicate analysis finding</li><li>Evaluating emerging datasets and technologies that may contribute to our existing analytical platforms</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>Required Skills:</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree and 1+ years of data analytics experience OR a Master’s Degree</li><li>Hands-on experience preparing data for advanced analytics</li><li>Hands-on experience on advanced analytics concepts and algorithms (e.g. Regression analysis Logistic Regression/Decision Tree, Monte Carlo methods, Survival Analysis, Simulation, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to tools – Python and R</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>Nice To Have:</strong></p><ul><li>Fraud or Anomaly Detection Experience</li><li>Knowledge of databases, data modeling, data normalization etc</li><li>Tableau</li><li>R Shiny</li><li>Experience on cloud platforms, preferably in AWS or GCP or both</li><li>Experience with DevOps tools and workflows such as Git, GitHub, Jira, Phabricator, Jenkins, or equivalents</li></ul><p></p> </div>