Part-Time Data Scientist

The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a part-time Data Scientist position with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.

The Office of Research and Development at the EPA supports high-quality research to improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its environmental goals. Research is conducted in a broad range of environmental areas by scientists in EPA laboratories and at universities across the country.

What the EPA project is about

Data Development and Analysis responsibilities will include:

• Implementation of machine learning techniques using caret (R) or and/or Sci-Kit learn (Python);
• Preparation and quality control of data and workflows;
• Creation of metadata and fact sheets supporting the data products; and
• Literature review.

Communications-related responsibilities will include:

• Participating as a member of a multi-disciplinary research team;
• Interacting with other members of the development team as well as EPA scientists; and
• Documenting code via Bitbucket and GitHub.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education

• Strong written, oral, and electronic communication skills;
• Experience programming in R or Python; and
• Experience in machine learning.

• Experience in chemical informatics and
• Experience documenting code via Bitbucket and/or Github.

Location: This job will be located EPA’s facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Salary: Selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU and will receive an hourly wage of $28.52 for hours worked.

Hours: Part-time.

Travel: Travel will not be required.

Expected start date: The position is part time and expected to begin May 2023. The selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU working as a contractor to EPA. The contract renews each May through 2025.

For more information, contact EPANSSC@orau.org. Do not contact EPA directly.

• Be at least 18 years of age and
• Have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in the fields of environmental science, chemistry, applied mathematics, computer science or a related field plus one year of graduate school from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
• Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.

EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.