I like to combine code, data and real-world analysis to make sense of things. I've lately done a lot of work with investigative journalists...exposing weapons sales, tracking organized crime through banking records, making tax havens more transparent than they want to be.
I'd love to apply similar approaches in other domains -- using all the tools available to help you answer some question. Could mean writing a web scraper, running a Hadoop job, or picking up the phone and calling the right expert.
I know my way around big data, though I find smaller datasets equally valuable. I've worked on a multi-terabyte mapreduce system, and the associated web service to handle 1000+ requests/second.
I'm also happy with web-dev (python, js, PHP where needed). Things I've (co-)done lately:
http://investigativedashboard.org -- site used by investigative journalist in 30+ countries for research collaboration
http://yanukovychleaks.org/en -- making public the documents of the former president of Ukraine
Remote is fine, or I can travel for up to a couple of months.
http://ohuiginn.net, email daniel@[that domain].