What are the responsibilities of the Data Scientist

• Data Preparation, Gathering and Analysis – Collects data from disparate systems, analyzes it, and delivers the data as intelligence that is actionable. Analyzes and interprets the results of research experiments through statistical models. Solves analytical problems utilizing large structured, semi-structured and un-structured data in a distributed processing environment (Required)

• Statistical Analysis – Performs Data Mining and uses Advanced Analytic Techniques. Develops predictive, statistical, behavioral, or other models using supervised and un-supervised machine learning / statistical modeling techniques. Performs ad hoc statistical and data mining analyses (Required).

• Training, Research and Development – Conducts research on various advanced statistical techniques to apply to appropriate analytical problems (Required)

What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful

• Master s / Bachelor s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Engineering or related disciplines, preferably from premier Institutes.

• 2-5 years of experience in Data Science, predictive modeling using Statistics and Machine learning

• Ability to translate business challenges into analytical problems

• Ability to articulate and explain statistical / machine learning techniques to business partners

• Proven experience in telling stories using data

• Ability to handle large datasets for building Statistical/Machine learning models which includes hands on experience working on data cleansing, manipulation and data mining.

• Proven ability to work with ambiguous (not well defined) challenges

• Displays curiosity to learn and learns independently

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent organizational and planning skills

• Proven ability to take initiative and work under pressure in a changing/growing environment

• Ability to work individually or as a team as task requires

• Able to cultivate interpersonal customer and co-worker relationships

• Experience in SAS or R or Python

• Experience in SQL and distributed computing

• Desirable to have experience in Time Series modelling