Senior Data Scientist

SUMMARY:
A great opportunity has become available for a Senior Data Scientist at one of the consultancy firms.

POSITION INFO:

• The purpose of this Data Scientist is to provide complete application lifecycle development, deployment, and operations support for Big Data solutions and infrastructure.

Education:

• Postgraduate degree in a quantitative discipline e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Data Mining or related technical field) Master of Science in Information Systems or Relevant Qualification.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support large projects, and manage smaller projects in their entirety
• Partner with senior team members to assess customer needs and define business questions. Emerging ability to influence customers to take action on analytical insights
• Identify, define and translate business needs/problems into analytical questions
• Apply statistical and computational methodologies to provide actionable insights and identify opportunities that optimize quality, consumer experience, and healthcare costs
• Assist with the development of scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large scale data analyses and model development, validation, and implementation

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in Analytics using R, Python, MATLAB, Spark, Big Data and Hadoop ecosystem tools
• Strong experience in Data Warehousing and ETL using Informatica Power Center
• Very good experience in analyzing the data and reporting it using data visualization tools such as Tableau, Cognos, MicroStrategy

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