JOB TITLE: Data Science Engineer

LOCATION: On Site 5x week at Gaithersburg, MD (100 Lakeforest Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD 20877)

DURATION: 2 Years with potential to convert after that

CLIENT : EchoStar

START DATE: 2 Weeks

DUE DATE: 24 - 48 Hours

Look for person from Telecom Background.

Interview Process/# of Rounds: 2

• 30 Min prescreen with Engineer
• 2^nd round panel interview with Manager and couple other team members

Top 3 Skills:

1. Data Science/Data Engineer experience ideally with someone that has worked with networks/ also has network engineering background.

- Good to target candidates with ViaSat, Qualcomm, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, Intelsat, Starlink

2. 5+ years of experience programming using C/C++, java, Python, Go and Pandas.
3. AWS Cloud

Additional Notes:

Why the role is open: Contract need for OneWeb Contract

• Working on a project called OneWeb -- constellation of low orbiting satellites (they are partnering with OneWeb)
• Typically Hughes has geo satellites (really far away) so the signal is not as good because there is a lot of latency
• This project is for Neo satellites (low orbiting satellites) and they can have better signal so there are fewer issues with latency, lagging, etc.
• Very cutting edge technology, newest generation of satellites/technology

Job Description:

Contractor - Sr Engineer - Data Science for data science innovation. This position will be located onsite at our headquarters in our Gaithersburg facility , MD.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and identify solution for complex problem.
• Must be able to understand how to design and build a deployable application that uses any ML model that they design and recommend
• Recommend, track, and report on the business goals and the resulting technical goals, projects, and technical tasks.
• Perform proof of concepts, identify initial data wrangling, and then provide guidance for development of the productionized version of the capabilities.
• Analyze data and build predictive models based on stakeholder input.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science or related technical field
• 10+ years of technical experience doing data science in a Telecommunications company
• 5+ years of experience performing data science and programming
• 5+ years of experience using AWS Cloud technology
• 5+ years of experience programming using C/C++, java, Python, Go and Pandas.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in data science
• Knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL , snowflake and BigQuery.
• Must have strong DS design knowledge and has experience in some ML/Ops/DevOps
• Knowledge of building machine learning models using Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, or other open-source libraries.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools and libraries in Python/R (Shiny preferably) Or Tableau.
• Knowledge and experience in leading analysis efforts for large operational networks .
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to break down and understand complex business problems, define a solution and implement it using advanced quantitative methods.
• Identify innovative solutions that apply data science, AI/ML technology to the problem so that a development team can then take that and build an application that leverages the DS approaches.
• Familiarity with software version control with git.
• Strong work ethic and intellectual curiosity.
• Team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.