Intermediate Data Scientist - INDIANA (REMOTE)
Akash N
04/13/26 2:26 PM
Client - State of Indiana
Agency Interview Type: Webcam only
Local To Indiana Candidate Only
C2C Rate: $50/hr
Work Arrangement: Remote
Short Description:
The Data Scientist plays a key role by creating in-depth analyses by leveraging data science techniques, methods, and interpretations to convey accurate, meaningful insights that empower IDOH and other partners.
Complete Description:
The Data Scientist plays a key role by creating in-depth analyses by leveraging data science techniques, methods, and interpretations to convey accurate, meaningful insights that empower IDOH and other partners to make informed decisions in support of the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of Indiana.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
The essential functions of this role are as follows:
• Provides mentoring and guidance to other, more junior Data Scientists and staff
• Support the development of internal web applications or interactive tools that help operationalize and deliver data science products across the organization.
• Acts as mentor and DS SME for other more junior DS users across the state and key external stakeholders
• Engages with key business stakeholders on large projects and initiatives to understand their analytical and operational challenges and translate these needs into data solutions
• Assesses the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples
• Collaborates with other DS professionals, data engineers, and BI professionals around data/table structures to optimize architecture, ETL procedures, dashboards, and other self-service needs
• Prioritizes requirements and create rapid prototypes and minimally viable products for end users
• Looks for opportunities to improve current processes or find efficiencies by applying industry best practices as a DS professional
• Mines and analyzes data from state databases to drive insights into problems and efficiency in processes while maintaining the standards of organizational excellence
• Interprets data and from multiple sources using a variety of analytical techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation, to data mining, to more complex statistical methodologies
• Uses and monitors the input for code repositories like GitHub for code version control
• Provides end user education for interpretation of business data
• Tests and evaluates data solutions as it relates to upgrades to existing software
• Provides maintenance and support for existing data solutions for the agency
• Documents and communicates technical specifications to ensure that proper techniques and standards are incorporated into deliverables and understood by the end users
The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Job Requirements:
• The ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either:
• A Bachelor’s Degree with course work in analytics, statistics, computer science, informatics, and/or mathematics and 2+ years of experience and passion for leveraging data to drive significant organizational impact, or
• a Master’s Degree with course work in analytics, statistics, computer science, informatics, and/or mathematics, or
• 4+ years of experience and passion for leveraging data to drive significant organizational impact.
• Considerable knowledge using computer languages (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate and draw insights from large data sets as well develop software for automation
• Broad knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
• Broad knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages and drawbacks
• Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases, theories, principles, and practices
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
• Must inhabit strategic thinking
• Strong written/oral communication and presentation skills
• Resourceful self-starter and highly motivated team player
• Able to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with data manipulation to include cleansing, standardizing, and transforming.
• Experience in leading workshops or training sessions with a user community a plus
• Experience with the following concepts or tools is not a requirement but considered a plus (geocoding and geospatial data, shiny, network diagraming, neo4j, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience generating and distributing visualizations to a broad range of audiences
• Effective communicator and someone who enjoys getting to understand nuances of a problem
• Proficiency using frameworks such as Shiny, Dash, Flask, or Streamlit to build user-facing interfaces, connect to backend data pipelines, and deploy lightweight analytic applications.
Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
The Data Scientist Intermediate may have supervisory responsibilities for lower data scientists (state employees or contractors).
Difficulty of Work:
The Data Scientist is required to manage multiple, complex, completing large scale data solutions/products, provide leadership and mentorship to team members, and provide thought leadership and continuous improvement strategies for the organization.
Responsibility:
The Data Scientist works closely with higher-level staff and/or management to outline general objectives and boundaries that the Data Scientist will follow to meet the requirements. Unusual problems or deviations from guidelines or practice are discussed with the manager. Work is reviewed for attainment of objectives and compliance with policy and practice.
Personal Work Relationships:
Works with core internal team of project managers, engagement directors, data scientists, data engineers; as well as agency staff, agency leadership, and community partners on dashboard projects.
Skills:
| Skill | Required / Desired | Experience Required | Experience You Have |
| Bachelors Degree with course work in analytics, statistics, computer science, informatics, and/or mathematics and 2+ years of experience | Required | ||
| Or a Masters Degree with course work in analytics, statistics, computer science, informatics, and/or mathematics | Required | ||
| or 4+ years of experience and passion for leveraging data to drive significant organizational impact. | Required | ||
| Exp w/Shiny, Dash, Flask,or Streamlit to build user-facing interfaces, connect to backend data pipelines, and deploy lightweight analytic applications | Required | 2 Years | |
| Experience connecting to backend data pipelines, and deploy lightweight analytic applications | Required | 2 Years | |
| Experience using (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate and draw insights from large data sets as well develop software for automation | Required | 2 Years | |
| Advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) | Required | 2 Years | |
| Experience with data manipulation to include cleansing, standardizing, and transforming | Required | 2 Years | |
| Broad knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) | Required | 2 Years | |
| Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases, theories, principles, and practices | Required | 2 Years | |
| Experience in leading workshops or training sessions with a user community a plus | Required | ||
| Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities | Required | ||
| Experience generating and distributing visualizations to a broad range of audiences | Required | ||
| Must inhabit strategic thinking | Required | ||
| Strong written/oral communication and presentation skills | Required | ||
| Resourceful self-starter and highly motivated team player | Required | ||
| Able to perform well in a fast-paced environment | Required | ||
| Effective communicator and someone who enjoys getting to understand nuances of a problem | Required | ||
| Experience with the following concepts or tools (geocoding and geospatial data, shiny, network diagraming, neo4j, Docker, Kubernetes) | Highly desired |
Question 1
This is a remote position. Resources submitted must currently be located in Indiana. Please confirm the state the resource resides.
Question 2
The initial engagement will be through 11/30/26 with an opportunity for a 12-month extension past that date. Please confirm the resource understands the duration.
Akash Nair
JSM Consulting
1 Rossmoor Dr, Suite#203, Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831
Phone – (609) 722-6600, ext. 110
Fax - 1-866-437-3411
Company website - https://www.jsmconsultant.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/akash-nair-09609930b/
an E-Verify Employer
MBE Certified Company (State of New York)
MWBE Certified Company (State of New Jersey)
MWBE Certified Company ( City of Philadelphia)
Ranked among the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms
DISCLAIMER: We respect your Online Privacy. This is not an unsolicited mail;Under Bill S.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress this mail cannot be considered Spam as long as we include Contact information and a removal method from our mailing list. If you are not interested in receiving our e-mails, please reply with "REMOVE" in subject. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.
If you would like to unsubscribe from JSM Consulting Inc, please click unsubscribe.
Alfaz
Consultant Submission Details: Gen AI & LLM / ML & Statistical Modeling || Data Engineering / GCP :: Python, PySpark, SQL, BigQuery, Dataflow, Vertex AI, GCS, Pub/Sub, Airflow, LangChain, OpenAI APIs, FAISS, Pinecone, MLflow, Docker, CI/CD, Kafka, Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Scikit-learn, PyTorch
Name: Apurva Vijaykumar Raje
Date of Birth : April 1st 1995
Relocation: Open
Current Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Face to face : Yes
Visa: H1B
Total Exp: 9 years
Rate: $ 75/hour
Passport: Will be provided
LinkedIn ID: Will be provided
SSN Last 4 digits: Will be provided
Thanks & Regards
Alfaz Karaami
TEK TREE LLC
Email: al...@tektreeinc.com
Phone: 302-248-8015
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfazkaraami/
Website: www.tektreeinc.com
Address: 1106 Drummond Plaza
Newark, DE 19711