data scientist

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models
• Communicate the business and technical benefits of the analytic solution to both business and technical audiences
• Conduct research regarding availability and suitability of data
• Confer with clients to identify requirements
• Design methods of collecting and processing data to answer specific research questions
• Develop queries and logic to generate reports
• Discover trends and patterns within large amounts of information
• Extract information from unstructured sets of data
• Synthesize technical information through creation of data visualization
• Use ensemble modelling to combine multiple algorithms to obtain better predictive performance

Technical Skills

• Machine Learning
• SQL
• Mapping and data visualization software
• Data analysis software
• Python
• Big data

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail

Personal Suitability

• Accurate
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player
• Innovation
• Analytical
• Quick learner

Employment Terms

• Evening
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required

Experience

• 3 years to less than 5 years