Sr. Data Scientist

Description

Join a federal wildlife conservation modernization initiative focused on transforming decades of permits, certificates, inspection records, and wildlife trade documentation into structured, searchable data assets.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will design and implement Document AI, OCR, machine learning, and natural language processing solutions that convert complex, unstructured records into valuable data used to support conservation, compliance, analytics, and regulatory decision-making.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a high-impact modernization effort while building scalable AI-powered document intelligence capabilities in a cloud-based environment.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop OCR and Document AI solutions for large collections of scanned records, permits, certificates, and legacy documents
• Build machine learning and NLP models that extract, classify, validate, and transform unstructured information into structured data
• Create document understanding workflows that support information extraction, taxonomy-based classification, and entity identification
• Develop confidence scoring frameworks and exception-handling workflows for low-confidence outputs
• Support human-in-the-loop review processes that improve data quality and model performance
• Evaluate model performance using precision, recall, error analysis, and other machine learning metrics
• Build reproducible and auditable machine learning pipelines with clear lineage and validation practices
• Develop solutions that support reconciliation and relationship mapping across permits, applicants, species, countries, shipments, and related records
• Collaborate closely with data architects, subject matter experts, business analysts, and platform engineers
• Support cloud-based AI and data processing solutions using AWS services and modern machine learning frameworks

Required Qualifications

• Experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions in production environments
• Strong Natural Language Processing (NLP) experience
• Advanced Python development skills
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL experience
• Experience building data science solutions in AWS cloud environments
• Experience working with OCR, Document AI, Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), or document understanding technologies
• Experience with predictive modeling, classification, information extraction, or related machine learning techniques
• Experience evaluating model performance and improving accuracy through iterative testing and analysis
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Position of Public Trust

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Textract
• AWS Bedrock
• AWS SageMaker
• AWS Lambda
• Document Intelligence platforms
• Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
• Entity extraction and record reconciliation
• Layout-aware document models
• Experience operating within government, highly regulated, or compliance-focused environments
• Experience building human-in-the-loop AI workflows

Technologies You'll Use

• Python
• SQL / PostgreSQL
• AWS Cloud Services
• AWS Textract
• AWS Bedrock
• AWS SageMaker
• AWS Lambda
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• OCR
• Document AI
• Intelligent Document Processing
• Predictive Analytics

Team & Environment

You'll work alongside data architects, platform engineers, business analysts, and domain subject matter experts supporting a mission-driven federal modernization initiative. The program is focused on improving accessibility, traceability, analytics, and reporting across critical wildlife trade data systems through the use of modern AI and machine learning technologies.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Must be able to pass a government background check and be in a Position of Public Trust.

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

This is a Contract position based out of Fort Collins, CO.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Fort Collins, CO.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 27, 2026.

This is a fully remote position.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.