ICONMA · 1 week ago
Data Scientist Specialist
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$0/hr - $94.90/hr
10+ years expICONMA is a company in the Real Estate and Financial Services sector, seeking a Data Scientist Specialist for their McLean, VA location. The role involves architecting and implementing scalable AI solutions, developing and optimizing models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to create GenAI experiences.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Architect and implement scalable AI Agents, Agentic Workflows and GenAI applications to address diverse and complex business use cases
Develop, fine-tune, and optimize lightweight LLMs; lead the evaluation and adaptation of models such as Claude (Anthropic), Azure OpenAI, and open-source alternatives
Design and deploy Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Graph RAG systems using vector databases and knowledge bases
Curate enterprise data using connectors integrated with AWS Bedrock's Knowledge Base/Elastic
Implement solutions leveraging MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent-to-Agent) communication
Build and maintain Jupyter-based notebooks using platforms like SageMaker and MLFlow/Kubeflow on Kubernetes (EKS)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams of UI and microservice engineers, designers, and data engineers to build full-stack Gen AI experiences
Integrate GenAI solutions with enterprise platforms via API-based methods and GenAI standardized patterns
Establish and enforce validation procedures with Evaluation Frameworks, bias mitigation, safety protocols, and guardrails for production-ready deployment
Design & build robust ingestion pipelines that extract, chunk, enrich, and anonymize data from PDFs, video, and audio sources for use in LLM-powered workflows—leveraging best practices like semantic chunking and privacy controls
Orchestrate multimodal pipelines using scalable frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, PySpark) for automated ETL/ELT workflows appropriate for unstructured media
Implement embeddings drives—map media content to vector representations using embedding models, and integrate with vector stores (AWS KnowledgeBase/Elastic/Mongo Atlas) to support RAG architectures
Qualification
Required
MS/PhD in AI/Data Science
10+ years of experience in AI/ML, with 3+ years in applied GenAI or LLM-based solutions
Deep expertise in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, GraphRAG, vector databases (e.g., AWS KnowledgeBase / Elastic), and multi-modal models
Proven experience with cloud-native AI development (AWS SageMaker, Bedrock, MLFlow on EKS)
Strong programming skills in Python and ML libraries (Transformers, LangChain, etc.)
Deep understanding of Gen AI system patterns and architectural best practices, Evaluation Frameworks
Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional agile teams
Need Github Code Repository Link for each candidate. Please thoroughly vet the candidates
Published contributions or patents in AI/ML/LLM domains
Hands-on experience with enterprise AI governance and ethical deployment frameworks
Familiarity with CI/CD practices for ML Ops and scalable inference APIs
Benefits
Health Benefits
Referral Program
Company
ICONMA
ICONMA: Your Partner in Global Staffing Solutions and Digital Transformation ICONMA is a globally recognized, Woman-Owned staff augmentation and technology consulting firm.
1001-5000 employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Claudine George
Founder and CEO of ICONMA, LLC
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