Data Scientist

Overview

ABOUT THE POSITION

Are you a dedicated Data Scientist looking to make a significant impact through cutting-edge technology and data-driven approaches? Join VHB's innovative Technology Enablement Team in a corporate Data Science position, where you'll work with a diverse team of experts, including engineers, scientists, planners, designers, and technologists. At VHB, we collaborate with a broad range of clients—from government agencies to private businesses in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and federal industries—aiming to enhance communities, stimulate economic growth, and promote environmental sustainability.

In this role, your skills in data analysis and modeling will be crucial in uncovering valuable insights and providing VHB with a competitive advantage. Start a fulfilling career with VHB, where your expertise will aid in enhancing mobility, community livability, and sustainable development. Apply now and help shape the future with VHB!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead big data-related projects across multiple areas including planning, transportation safety, planning, traffic operations, and transit/rail. Develop and maintain dashboards and websites that support large databases, facilitate complex search queries, and enhance various business functions.
• Produce innovative solutions driven by exploratory data analysis from complex and high dimensional datasets that are both qualitative and quantitative across the AEC industry.
• Mines and analyzes highly complex structured/unstructured data sets using highly advanced statistical methods for use in data-driven decision making.
• Strategizes, identifies, and implements new uses for existing data sources and unique opportunities to locate and collect new data; designs, modifies, and builds new data processes, and builds large, complex data sets ensuring data integrity and statistical accuracy.
• Extracts and identifies relevant information from databases and systems.
• Recognizes patterns, identifies opportunities, poses business questions, and makes valuable discoveries leading to prototype development and product improvement.
• Employs sophisticated analytical methods, machine learning, and statistical methods to prepare data for use in predictive and prescriptive modeling. Designs, develops, tests, validates, and analyzes models and advanced algorithms that lead to optimal value extraction from the data.
• Interprets results, predicts future data trends and other data foresights, and proposes strategic business solutions.
• Writes and distributes findings. Using strong business acumen, communicates data insights, foresights, and strategic solutions to both business and IT leaders through effective data visualizations and reports to influence how the organization approaches and meets business challenges. Recommends strategic cost-effective changes to existing business practices.
• Develops and applies customized algorithms or models to key business metrics with the goal of improving operations or answering business questions. Implements automated processes for efficiently producing scale models.
• May leads a project team of less experienced data staff and GIS analysts. Directs and monitors the work of less experience staff. Provides direction and support to ensure departmental effectiveness and efficiency. Orients and trains team members. Provides input into evaluating performance. May act as a supervisor in the absence of an actual supervisor.
• Trains the data management team on new or updated procedures.
• Writes and implements quality procedures.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to implement common data management and reporting technologies, including the basics of columnar databases, unstructured data, and data visualization in Esri products (ArcGIS Online), Power BI or other tools.
• Active listening skills with the ability to breakdown complex problems or processes to solve problems internally and externally for clients.
• Skilled in strategic thinking, problem solving and connecting disparate dots.
• Familiar with Low-Code/No-Code experience, MicrosoftPowerApps, Databricks, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Tableau, Azure, GTFS data.
• Familiarity with database management systems, such as SQL Server or Oracle
• Exposure with project management and task management and leading portions of a project and/or budget.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Stays updated on new and innovative development technologies and workflow improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience with advanced analytics in a professional setting.
• Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent discipline
• Demonstrated experience working in Planning, Architecture, Engineering, or Construction is required with emphasis in providing services for state and federal governments.  
• Advanced knowledge of machine learning, data mining, statistical predictive modeling programming, simulation, and advanced mathematics.
• Understanding of parallelization, scalability, and complexity analysis.
• Extensive experience using many of the following technologies: Python (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy), R (tidyverse), SQL, Tableau, Power BI, advanced Microsoft Excel, machine learning, statistical analysis.
• Team oriented with ability to perform multiple tasks independently in a timely manner and collaborate effectively and positively with coworkers.
• Excellent ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) with all levels of Employees including non-technical staff.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for VHB in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 – 143,000 for the Washington, DC and New York location. This offer is determined based on a number of job-related factors including internal comparators, skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities and geographic location. In addition, VHB offers a holistic benefits package which can be found here.

We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment. 

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes: 

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace  

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us! 

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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