Immediate need for a talented Senior Financial Analyst . This is a 30 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Richmond,VA(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 24-29162 Pay Range: $60 - $70/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Responsibilities:

• In this advanced level role, the Senior Data Science Analyst works independently on the most complex programs.
• Researches and applies knowledge from existing and emerging data science principles, theories and practices to identify and solve complex analytic problems using established procedures, tools and platforms.
• Conducts requirements gathering and design sessions and defines and documents the scope and objectives for the business use case/solution.
• Performs detailed analysis and feature engineering on data. Works at a high technical level in all phases of data analysis, design, development and support of analytic solutions including design and development of data structures, data integration processes and user interfaces to illustrate the analytical insights.
• Guides and/or leads less experienced Data Science Analysts analytic projects, as needed. Delivers oral briefs, presentations and insights from analysis performed or solutions developed.
• Tests, compares and validates the results from Machine Learning models before implementing the solution. Works company-wide, in multi-platform environments, on multiple project assignments

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in Data Science using R/Python etc. on Hadoop platform
• Strong skills in statistical application prototyping with expert knowledge in R and/or Python development
• Design machine learning projects to address business problems determined by consultation with business partners.
• Work on a variety of datasets, including both structured and unstructured data.
• Deep knowledge of machine learning, data mining, statistical predictive modeling, and extensive experience applying these methods to real world problems
• Extensive experience in Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning: Classification, Regression & Clustering
• Understanding and experience working on Big Data Ecosystems is preferred : Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Sqoop, Spark: pySpark, SparkR, SparkSQL, Jupyter & Zeppelin notebooks
• Understanding and/or Experience with data engineering is a plus
• Experience with cloud technologies(AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake) is big plus
• Create Interpretable visualizations that tell a story and paint a vision

Our client is a leading Electric utility Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.