# ML / Applied Scientist

About the role: As an ML / Applied Scientist, you will make an impact by developing machine learning models that power entity resolution, inference, and intelligent data classification across enterprise data ecosystems. You will be a valued member of the AI and Data Engineering team, working closely with Architects, Data Domain SMEs, Backend Engineers, and platform stakeholders to build scalable AI solutions that improve data quality and business intelligence. In this role, you will: Design and develop entity matching models that combine fuzzy and exact matching techniques to create and maintain trusted golden records. Build machine learning models that identify patterns, relationships, and anomalies across complex enterprise datasets to support data profiling and business insights. Develop AI-powered labeling and classification solutions using Gemini and other large language model technologies to support business ontology initiatives. Deploy, monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve machine learning models on Vertex AI, ensuring high levels of accuracy, performance, and reliability. Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into enterprise platforms,

- **Id**: 3969167
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-ml-applied-scientist>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Phoenix, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T08:35:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T02:25:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4309
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 178
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.489
- **Repost share**: 0.056
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 115000
- **Max**: 130000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 130000

## Technologies

- **Embeddings** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Gemini** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no
- **Knowledge Graph** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **NLP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Rest-Assured** — Optional: no
- **Scikit-learn** — Optional: no
- **Vertex AI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T15:24:33Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8,264; Filings 12m: 8264

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T03:51:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 130000
- **Is top pay**: no

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