Job Description

Data Scientist - Johannesburg - R750k up to R950k per annumA client growing rapidly with international ambitions developing multiple valuable products in the areas of supplier risk, customer risk, and third-party risk management are on a recruitment drive for a Data Scientist to apply data mining techniques and conduct statistical analysis to large, structured and unstructured data sets.Responsibilities:

• Model complex business problems, discovering insights and opportunities through statistical, algorithmic, machine learning and visualisation techniques.
• Execute intelligent automation and predictive modelling.
• Build machine learning models from and utilises distributed data processing and analysis methodologies.
• Competent in Machine Learning programming in R or Python, with supplementary still in Matlab, Java.
• Familiar with the Hadoop distributed computational platform, including broader ecosystem of tools such as HDFS / Spark / Kafka.
• Provide input into Data management and modelling infrastructure requirements and adhere to the organisation's infrastructure development processes.
• Ensure business integration through integrating model outputs into end-point production systems, are understood and adopted relating to data collection, integration and retention requirements incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices.
• Measure proficiency in using the diagramming and modelling techniques vital for requirements analyses.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Information Studies/Information Technology
• Post Graduate Degree in Information Studies/Information Technology
• 5 - 7 years development experience in software and software engineering, financial services data processes, technical business intelligence.
• 5 - 7 years' experience of working with unstructured data (e.g., streams, images) Understanding of data flows, data architecture, ETL and processing of structured and unstructured data.
• Experience with common data science toolkits, such as SAS, R, SPSS, etc
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and data principles. Project management experience
• Experience with data visualisation tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, etc.

The Reference Number for this position is NG58375 which is a Permanent Hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of up to R750k - R950k CTC salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge IT website for more great positions.Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!

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