Senior Specialist Lead Data Scientist – Remote – up to R1.2m per annum

 

Recruiter:

E-Merge

Job Ref:

NN53709

Date posted:

Monday, September 20, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1200000


SUMMARY:
Senior Specialist Lead Data Scientist – Remote – up to R1.2m per annum

POSITION INFO:

Leading Telecommunications provider operating in more than 38 countries across the continent is looking for a Senior Lead Data Scientist to join their dynamic team.

The incumbent will be responsible for executing the strategic roadmap and create value through delivery of internal and external artificial intelligence solutions and products.

Are you a perfect fit for this role? APPLY NOW!!!!!

Requirements:

  • Degree in Computer Science
  • Cloud Certification
  • 7 years commercial experience
  • Python
  • R
  • Git
  • Linux
  • Cloud computing
  • Cloudera
  • Hadoop
  • Spark
  • Miro
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • AWS

Responsibilities:

  • Cultivate and manage working relationships with a variety of stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects and solutions
  • Develop business cases for new solutions or products, and establish the value for existing projects
  • Determine the most appropriate data science tools/ approaches for specific projects
  • Execute end to end data science projects and product development processes
  • Engage with our data engineering team to ensure any AI products or solutions are managed
  • Identify and manage resource requirements including people and systems
  • Lead and develop a team of data scientists and provide hands on guidance
  • Establish, document and champion data science best practices in the team
  • Help Strategic Insights become thought leaders in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence
  • Stay abreast of new developments and solutions in the market to ensure we don''t fall behind
  • Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture
  • Consistent documentation of all implemented systems and processes

Reference Number for this position is NN53709 which is a permanent position that is remote based offering a cost to company salary of up to R1.2m negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nigel on <--------Please upload your CV here-------- or call him on<--------Please upload your CV here-------- to discuss this and other opportunities.

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