Job description

One of Africa’s largest blue chip based in Randburg requires a principal data scientist with advanced technical skills. Your role, in short, will be to identify opportunities to innovatively use data to provide strategic operational insights to business. Identify new analytic trends/ data needs and repeatable analytic solutions.

This is an environment focusing on technology as a means to deliver core services; they are invested and believe in technology as the answer to business problems and therefore your role becomes a vital part of that cycle.

It’s time to enhance your career and join a company that encourages free and innovative thinking in terms of development modules, and work spans across platforms/technologies… The amount of exciting work that’s lined up is unbelievable! Apply Now!

Requirements

Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant data experience and experience building segmentation and propensity models
• Statistical, mathematical, predictive modelling, forecasting and business strategy skills
• Able to build the necessary algorithms to ask the right questions and find the right answers
• Able to communicate their findings, orally and visually
• Have an understanding of how the products are developed and the ethical responsibilities associated with big data and customer privacy implications
• Able to program in different programming languages e.g. Python, R, Java, Ruby, Clojure, Matlab, Pig or SQL.
• Experience with Machine Learning and AI is an added advantage
• Have an understanding of Hadoop, Hive and/or MapReduce etc.
• Proficiency working with visualisation tools e.g. R Shiny, Tableau, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the delivery of accurate and data
• Ensure effective data management approach that ensures accuracy of data
• Build effective corrective action mechanism on the analysed data and reports provided
• Follow the appropriate processes to ensure quick & correct action is taken in query resolution
• Anticipate and identify new analytic trends/ data needs and repeatable analytic solutions
• Identify opportunities to innovatively use data to provide strategic and operational insights to business

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering or Computer Science

Reference Number for this position is GZ42233-2018 which is a permanent position based in Randburg offering a cost to company salary of R1,4m PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on

az.oc.egrem-e@htrag

or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 23 Oct 15:58