[Hiring] Senior Data Scientist @ICF

Role Description

ICF’s Fish and Aquatic Science and Technology Team is in an exciting period of expansion and invites applications for a Senior Data Scientist position. The Senior Data Scientist will work closely with fish biologists, hydrologists, and project managers to assist water resource clients with quantitative analysis, decision support modeling, and publication of applied science. Most immediate assignments will focus on statistical and decision support modeling and publishing work on Chinook Salmon in California’s Central Valley, though there will be opportunities for future work in other regions.

Generally, the Senior Data Scientist will:

• Manage data and conduct scientific analysis.
• Develop and maintain models and data pipelines.
• Contribute to proposal writing, study planning, fieldwork, and final deliverables, including report and manuscript preparation.

This position is available in San Francisco, CA, with the flexibility to work remotely.

Qualifications

• Fish Data Expertise with knowledge of and experience with key issues confronting fish management in Northern California, including Chinook Salmon population dynamics, endangered species recovery, habitat restoration, flow management, and monitoring program design.
• Water Management Expertise with knowledge of and experience with key issues confronting water management in California, including reservoir and conveyance operations, water supply and allocation, environmental flows, and drought and flood management.
• Quantitative and Problem-Solving Expertise: Knowledge and aptitude for quantitative analysis to evaluate the effects of clients’ proposed actions.
• Open and Reproducible Data Science: Demonstrated ability to design and implement transparent, reproducible, and collaborative scientific workflows.
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills: Peer-reviewed scientific publication record and experience presenting at professional conferences.
• Project Management Skills: Ability to manage several simultaneous long-term projects.
• Team Leadership Skills: Demonstrated track record of setting high personal performance and quality standards.
• Science-Business Balance: Expertise and passion for science, natural resources, and resolving complex fish problems while balancing the need for business acumen.

Requirements

• Conducting analyses and leading or assisting with writing scientific documents, technical reports, and peer-reviewed manuscripts for fish-related projects.
• Developing, updating, and documenting statistical, population, and decision support models for fish and water resource management.
• Building and maintaining reproducible codebases and automated data pipelines.
• Meeting with water resource clients to discuss technical aspects of planning, implementation, and monitoring of fish and water resource management projects.
• Describing projects and interpretation of analyses through written and oral communication and interactive visualizations.
• Conducting scientific research leading to the development of knowledge to inform resource management.
• Working with a team of technical staff from multiple disciplines to complete analyses and documentation on time and within budget.
• Developing scope and budget and writing proposals.
• Building and maintaining client relationships.
• Mentoring junior biologists.

Education/Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in fisheries biology, fisheries and wildlife, quantitative ecology, or equivalent science-related field or 5 years of increasingly complex assignments in fish data science.

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate expert-level integration of complex data sets to facilitate analyses.
• Demonstrated expertise in quantitative fish science field.
• Experience conducting scientific research using fisheries expertise.
• Peer-reviewed publication record in quantitative fisheries science.
• Experience applying hierarchical or Bayesian modeling tools to fisheries data.
• Experience supporting structured decision making for California water and fish management.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $81,147.00 - $166,919.00 San Francisco, CA (CA87).