Cloud Data Scientist: Operations Data Science

Recruiter:

Tower Group

Job Ref:

2157052137

Date posted:

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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JOB DESCRIPTION:

A giant in the telecommunications industry is looking for a Cloud Data Scientist: Operations Data Science to join their dynamic team based in Johannesburg to apply operations research and statistical methods to solve challenges related to Cloud compute, storage, network, and capacity for public cloud analytics and ML/AI platforms. You will work broadly across Analytics and Big Data Platforms, Platforms Engineering and Systems Infrastructure teams to optimise the deployment of resources and drive innovation in the analytics and big data public cloud software stack, allowing for efficient use of resources. As a Cloud Data Scientist focusing on Operations Data Science, you will think critically and strategically about the public cloud platforms, technology advancement insofar as leveraging cloud based application toolkits to efficiently and effectively meet the Analytics and Big Data platform needs, and ensure cost effective analytics and ML/AI technology and the associated operations thereof. You will be comfortable engaging with the leadership and management teams, discussing the total cost of management with hardware engineers, resource optimisation with software engineers, or reviewing plans and deployment policies with the operations team based upon the advance analytics and machine learning by creating algorithms and predictive models.

Minimum experience:
3+ Years of relevant experience with a proven track record in a highly quantitative field (Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, etc).

Preferred experience:
4+ Years of overall IT experience with Big Data, Advance Analytics, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science or related field or equivalent professional experience as a Data Scientist.
Relevant cloud certification at professional or associate level.

Preferred qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science or related field or equivalent professional experience as a Data Scientist.

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