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Data Scientist
National Institutes of Health · Posted 128 days ago
About the Role
Join one of the 24 Institutes and Centers within the NIH that awards extramural grants! Extramural grants account for approximately 80 percent of NIH's budget and are awarded to investigators at more than 2,500 universities, medical schools, and other research organizations around the world. To learn more about the grants process, types of grant programs, and the peer review process, visit: Office of Extramural Research.
What You'll Do
- →Develops models, forecasts, and visualization based on generally accepted statistical methods to demonstrate the patterns identified and highlight indicators.
- →Analyzes, designs, normalizes, develops, and implements databases or manipulates existing databases using a relational database management system or other database (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, Azure).
- →Uses a variety of programming languages to write scripts, procedures, functions, expressions to manipulate or visualize data (e.g., VBA, Python, R, Julia, Scala, SQL, JavaScript, etc.).
- →Uses a variety of tools and platforms to create data visualizations and other reporting needs (e.g., Statistical Analysis System (SAS), Apache Hadoop, Tableau, PowerBI, QlikView, D3.js).
- →Assists senior specialists in presenting findings in the most relevant format, including text, graphs, charts, tables, and models.
- →Assists in the development and integration of data mining capacities using algorithms as well as structured databases to perform predictive analytics on these data.
- →Designing and implementing strategies, methodologies, and tools to collect data that is relevant, accurate, and representative of the target population or phenomenon of interest.
- →Preparing the data and ensuring its suitability for the intended use (e.g., storage, analysis, or modeling) by cleaning, wrangling, and formatting the data.
- →Organizing, storing, and maintaining data in a way that optimizes access patterns, security, and accommodates different data types and characteristics.
- →Using computational/statistical techniques for analyzing data.
- →This includes applying the algorithms and methods that underlie artificial intelligence (AI), data mining, machine learning, and statistical inference to gain knowledge or insights, build classifiers and predictors, or infer causality.
- →Representing data and information visually through graphical or interactive means such as charts, graphs, maps, or dashboards.
- →Explaining what the visualized data means considering context, point, implications, and possible ramifications.
- →Developing, implementing, or leading data science initiatives, programs, or strategies while ensuring compliance, managing teams/resources, evaluating proposals, and maintaining reproducible work procedures.
Requirements
- ✓This position has an education requirement.
- ✓You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades).
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Click here for information on Foreign Education.
- ✓If you qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application packages.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Click here for information on Foreign Education.
Personality Fit
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