Description
SC Cleared Data Scientist / Developer / R / SQL / Spark / Big Data / SC Clearance / OUTSIDE IR35 / Up to £600 a dayLondon -24 months +
My client is urgently recruiting for a Data Scientist to work on a high profile Government Project. They are delivering modern data and analytics products that are driving innovation within the wider group.
Key responsibilities
* Implement analytics in cost to serve, personalised customer journeys, product recommendation, segmentation, predictive analytics for customer/claimant events.
* Develop machine learning algorithms to improve claimant journey and cost to serve
* Extract Features from datasets and enrich data by joining datasets from multiple sources.
* Transform/manipulate data in various formats including JSON.
* Data Science Expert for UC area and domain expert for all UC data.
* Work with unstructured data such as free text in a variety of formats.
* Write code in a variety of languages such as Spark, Python and SQL
* Design and implement data visualisations using tools such as Shiny or visualisation tools like QlikSense or Business Objects.
Essential skills and experience
* Deep knowledge and at 3-5 years' experience of using R and SQL
* Experience of data science tools and techniques
* 1 years' experience using Spark
* Past experience working with semi structured data in json format and other unstructured formats
* Experience of using big data platform technologies - Hadoop, Hive, Mongo,
* Ability to create models and use advanced analytics techniques such as regression modelling, decision trees, product recommendation engines, machine learning, artificial intelligence
* Ability to understand business benefits and turn complex business problems into manageable data science projects
* Experience of free text analytics
* Able to develop POC applications and present findings back to stakeholders
* Experience working with a central government or similar organisation in the last 3 years.
This role requires current and valid SC Clearance so please familiarise yourself with the process before applying
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