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    Data Scientist - New York, United States - Attorney General, Office of the

    Attorney General, Office of the
    Attorney General, Office of the New York, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Minimum Qualifications Qualifications/Skills:

    • Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, applied statistics, physics, engineering or similar disciplines with demonstrated research capability or bachelor's degree and equivalent experience and training
    • At least two (2) years of demonstrated qualitative, quantitative, or investigative research abilities
    • Git/github familiarity

    Experience with the following technologies:
    oProgramming, scripting and statistical languages (., Python, R, use of dataframes)
    oData visualization software (., Tableau, d3, altair, plotly, matplotlib, bokeh)
    oRelational databases and advanced SQL queries


    • Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills
    • Ability to communicate technical concepts and results to non-technical audiences
    • Highly organized, self-directed, and curious
    • Personable and positive, with a high level of integrity
    • Interest in public policy and social/economic justice
    Candidates with additional experience in any of the following are preferred:
    oLinux command line tools
    oGraph databases (. Neo4J)
    oCloud, distributed, and container computing platforms (. AWS, Redshift, EC2, docker)
    oMachine learning frameworks (. supervised and unsupervised methods such as neural networks, random forests, and generalized linear models)
    oAnalyzing social networks (. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
    oNatural Language Processing or Entity Resolution

    Duties Description Goal

    The Research and Analytics Department in the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) is seeking candidates for a full-time Data Scientist position.

    Data scientists at the OAG bring their skills to bear across a wide variety of cases and investigations.

    The Data Scientist will utilize a vast array of tools to explore datasets, develop new databases, and use statistical modeling to detect anomalies in information pertinent to OAG investigations.

    The goal of the data scientist at the OAG is to ensure that our most complicated cases and policy arenas have the benefit of advanced analytical tools, methodologies, and strategic thinking to understand how otherwise elusive trends can be laid bare once we dive into the underlying data.


    Purview

    As part of an innovative team housed in the Executive Division, you will work with senior staff and divisions throughout the OAG to support the OAG's major initiatives, investigations, and policy development.

    Our team researches and writes analytical reports garnering national attention, directs multi-million-dollar grant programs, and supports the OAG's major investigations.


    See for example:

    lawsuit against auto lender for deceptive practices, preliminary report on NYPD response to Protests, JUUL lawsuit and remediation, opioids lawsuit, lawsuit preserving affordable housing from illegal kickback scheme, and the FCC fake comments report.

    Utilizing a vast collection of public and confidential information, you will work with data covering the breadth of the OAG's purview building advanced analytic tools to inform investigations that affect the lives of all New Yorkers.

    Employing over 1,800 people across New York State, the OAG is both the "People's Lawyer" and the State's chief legal officer.

    The Data Scientist will support OAG work in numerous legal and regulatory arenas, including protecting the rights of investors and consumers, coordinating state-wide criminal investigations, promoting civil rights, economic and social justice, encouraging harm-reducing public health strategies, and preserving the State's environment.

    The OAG also advises the Executive branch of State government and defends actions and proceedings on behalf of the State.


    Responsibilities of the Data Scientist include, but are not limited to, the following:
    Data can and does play a pivotal role in decisioning on a wide range of the OAG's work.

    The Data Scientist will be primarily responsible for:
    All aspects of using data to develop and test legal hypotheses, including:
    oBrainstorming with legal teams on the data required
    oAcquiring data through public sources and assisting legal teams to acquire data from confidential sources to ensure the delivery of data sufficient for investigation
    oTesting data for reliability
    oDistilling and incorporating relevant academic and other analytical research
    oDeveloping and executing appropriate methodologies for data exploration and analysis
    oClearly communicating findings verbally and through written reports and visualizations
    oContinuously updating analysis in the face of feedback and new data
    oQuantifying uncertainty in analytical findings


    • Working closely with legal teams on all the aspects above and providing guidance and recommendations on decision making around data

    Additional responsibilities may include:
    oDeveloping predictive modeling to detect anomalies
    oDeveloping or programming new databases or data tools
    oWriting fact and expert reports for submission to the court and defending analysis and findings in depositions
    oHelping to maintain and improve the team's shared computational infrastructure
    oStaying informed of the latest advances in data tools and techniques and sharing newfound skills with the team
    oPerforming other duties as requested
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