Data Scientist

Recruiter:

Cyberpro Consulting

Job Ref:

JHB003857/YM

Date posted:

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

500

SUMMARY:
CyberPro Consulting combines a Passion for Technology with a Genuine Interest in our customer's Business and Success. With almost two decades of experience in the IT and software development industry, CyberPro Consulting has a diverse client base, ranging from large-scale enterprises to SME businesses.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are currently seeking a Senior Data Scientist with the following skillset to join our team:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Be the link between business colleagues and technical colleagues within the Data Solutions team
This requires gathering requirements from business and refining this into measurable and actionable deliverables for the team
Effectively communicate these deliverables to the respective team members and provide the necessary guidance to ensure delivery to the high standards expected from business
Collaborate and work closely with cross-functional business partners to identify gaps and structure problems/solutions
Support key initiatives and deliver results through an Agile workflow
Will create meaningful presentations and analyses that tell a “story” focused on insights, not just data
Synthesize methodology and data into actionable business strategy, and communicate findings to product, engineering and management teams
Contribute to data and technology initiatives as they relate to data science
Familiarity with the Big Data stack (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, etc.) as well as experience with using these tools to develop and deploy data products and applications
Support data science colleagues in working with technology infrastructure colleagues to ensure a productive analytical and development environment
Beneficial, experience with building ML products in the Cloud (preferably using Amazon Web Services).
Be an evangelist for Big Data and pattern recognition technologies
Support & share knowledge and best practices with the analytical, technical and business community
Contribute to the team vision of how to use Big Data to build long-term value

Role/Person Specification
Education and Experience Required

BSc, BCom, BEng, BBusSc or equivalent NQF level 6 qualification
Degree in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science or engineering.
Understanding and experience applying machine learning methods is essential
Understanding and experience using Big Data technologies essential

Knowledge & Skills

Coding/software development skills. Strong mathematical and statistical skills.
Knowledge of information technology environments, administration, policies and processes.
Working knowledge of financial and management accounting is desirable
Scala (preferred), Python (pySpark), Java (as a precursor to learning Scala) including the key numerical, analytical and machine learning libraries/packages

Please send your CV to Yonela (yonela ) or call for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.

Please consider your application to be unsuccessful if you have not received feedback within 10-business days

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