# Data Scientist - Specialist

The Data Scientist - Specialist at Equifax leads the Model Risk Management team in validating statistical and advanced AI models. This strategic role combines hands-on technical oversight, team mentorship, and advisory duties regarding risk governance and regulatory compliance. Candidates require 7+ years of quantitative experience, proven leadership skills, and expertise in emerging technologies like generative and agentic AI. What you'll do: Lead, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of model validators, ensuring their professional growth and development. Oversee the execution of multiple complex validation projects simultaneously, from test design to final delivery and communication. Foster a culture of critical thinking, continuous improvement, and effective risk management within the team. Collaborate with global partners to supervise validation projects, ensuring a consistent and technically sound approach to AI/Model Risk Management across non-direct reporting lines. Perform and lead independent, hands-on model validations, including deep-dive analysis of model design, performance, and implementation. Develop and execute comprehensive validation test designs to assess

- **Id**: 4230937
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/equifax-data-scientist-specialist-2>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pune, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T09:35:30Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T09:35:30Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4243
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Fraud Detection, Data Providers & Datasets, Credit Bureaus & Rating Agencies

## Company

- **Id**: 4816
- **Name**: Equifax
- **Domain**: equifax.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/equifax>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 20
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.8
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SAS** — Optional: no
- **Scala** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no
- **Unix** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T09:35:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T12:56:02Z

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