Data Science, Machine Learning Engineer

🕒 December 4, 2025

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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ICA, Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

🏛️ Government

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Government • Healthcare Insurance • Artificial Intelligence

ICA, Inc. is a trusted partner and innovative force in transforming public health through advanced data, technology, and close collaboration with federal agencies. The company specializes in driving transformational changes through biomedical research, enhancing public health initiatives, and supporting critical research acceleration with NextGen solutions. With a focus on advanced data analytics, AI deployment, and healthcare research, ICA empowers federal agencies to achieve their missions and deliver better health outcomes. As a participant in the SBA 8(a) business development program, ICA is eligible for sole-source and competitive set-aside contracts, particularly excelling in the domains of management, advisory, and research and development.

📋 Description

• Identify Opportunities: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to uncover and define data-driven opportunities that align with strategic business goals. • Data Analysis & Modeling: Mine and analyze complex datasets from company and client databases to drive product and business optimization strategies, using both traditional statistical techniques and state-of-the-art machine learning approaches. • Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques, including evaluating and implementing methods for acquiring and processing large volumes of text data. • Perform data processing using State of the Art LLM Models and technologies • Innovation & Strategy: Assess the effectiveness of new data sources and data gathering techniques, identifying ways to enhance the organization’s data strategy with novel ML and AI methods. • Client-Facing Presentations: Develop compelling presentations and demos to showcase analytical solutions and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including clients and senior management. • Predictive Modeling & Optimization: Use advanced statistical and machine learning approaches to drive improvements in customer engagement, product performance, and business processes. • Model Monitoring: Establish processes and tools to track model performance, data accuracy, and reliability over time. Continuously iterate on models to meet evolving business needs and industry best practices.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of overall professional experience in data science, analytics, or a related field. • At least 2–3 years of hands-on experience specifically focused on Large Language Models (LLMs) and related techniques (e.g., fine-tuning, instruction tuning, prompt engineering). • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative field. • Technical Proficiency: Coding knowledge and experience with Python • Proven ability to use statistical computer languages (Python, R, SQL, etc.) for data manipulation, analysis, and model development. • Experience with Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, Llama Index, and/or large-scale training frameworks • Familiarity with LLM evaluation, interpretability, and best practices. • Knowledge of ML and data mining techniques (Regression, Deep Learning, NLP, Time Series Analysis, , etc.). • Familiarity with AWS services (Athena, S3, Glue, SageMaker, Bedrock) for scalable model development. • NLP Techniques (NER, Information Extraction, Text Categorization, Document Parsing) • Preferred: exposure to MLOps tools, big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark), or other cloud services. • Preferred: experience with Document Processing • Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Insurance - 100% employer-paid premiums – ICA covers the full cost of one of three offered medical plans • Dental Insurance • Vision insurance • Health Spending Account • Flexible Spending Account • Life and Disability insurance • 401(k) plan with company match • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays) • Education and Professional Development Assistance • Remote work from anywhere within the continental United States