Data Scientist - Johannesburg Verfied

Salary Negotiable Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 17-11-2016 1:00:01 AM
15-12-2016 1:00:01 AM
A new position is available for an energetic Data Scientist in the Johannesburg area. Responsibilities: • Maintain and upgrade big data platform. • Transparently report on the quality of data in the data lake. • Identify and understand the business problem and the impact of the proposed solution on operations of the organization. • Architect/model big data structures for analytical applications. • Formulate, build, apply and maintain predictive models. • Drive multiple applications using Agile methodologies. • Version control and document work for reproducibility. • Spread an understanding of data science throughout the group and encourage innovation. Qualifications and Experience: • Ph.D. or Master’s Degree in operations research, applied statistics, applied mathematics, physics, data mining, machine learning or a related quantitative discipline • Expert in analyzing large, complex, multi-dimensional datasets with a variety of tools. • Fluent with both relational algebra and MapReduce logic. • Deep understanding of statistical and predictive modeling concepts, machine-learning approaches, clustering and classification techniques, and recommendation and optimization algorithms • Accomplished in the use of statistical analysis environments such as R, scikit-learn, MLlib, MATLAB, SPSS or SAS • Familiar with tools that encourage reproducibility and collaboration; Jupyter, Zeppelin, RStudio, git • Experience with enterprise BI; QlikView, Lumira, Tableau, Zoomdata, Cognos, SAP BW, SSRS, … • Experience with enterprise ETL; SSIS, SAP DS, IBM DataStage, Pentaho, … • Development experience in order of preference: Python, C/C++, Java, Advanced Linux user, Microsoft Office; Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Outlook • 5+ Years Business Analysis Experience Interested candidates can forward their comprehensive written applications to the following e-mail: it. jobs(at) or fax to: (***)-***-****, you can also contact Nikita on (***)-***-**** Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 working days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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