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Position: Junior Data Scientist
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months
About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest-growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Position Description: Future duties and responsibilities
Collaborates with translators to define technical problem statement and hypothesis to test; understand business problems to implement scalable and sustainable solutions
Coordinates with SMEs, translators, IT and data engineers to deliver holistic analytical solutions
Designs, creates, tests and implements complex models and algorithms that drive analytical solutions throughout the organization
Regularly tests and maintains analytical models to improve efficiency and keep up with changing business needs, ensuring timely analysis and testing for regular maintenance of solutions over time
Writes reports articulating the analytics insights and their business impacts
Conducts and leads meetings and workshops to explain findings
Supports translators in communicating the design, functioning and output of the analytical models/solutions developed
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
Work experience in addition to degree: 3+ years of data science work specifically in building predictive models using machine learning techniques.
Graduation from a four-year college or university with a degree in statistics, physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, or management of information systems.
Experience with object oriented design, coding and testing, engineering Data Science/Machine Learning platforms
Proficiency in programming languages such as SQL and Python or R and experience in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark
Comfort in using SQL Server, PostgreSQL/ MySQL, experience in tools based on Git or SVN and working knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
Proficiency in aggregation of large data sets, statistical analysis tools
Expert knowledge of data modeling and understanding of different data structures
Understanding of advanced applied mathematics in AA, artificial intelligence and array operations
Experience in manufacturing industry required
Desired: A good operations research background and experience is required and ability to learn the Gurobi.
Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.
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