Data Scientist job at Expedia Digital Solutions

Vacancy title:
Data Scientist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Information Technology , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

Expedia Digital Solutions

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, March 26 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka, South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted:Sunday, March 26 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Summary
This role will entail the application of various tools, data mining, statistical techniques, algorithms and machine learning principles to identify trends, patterns and insights from raw data. Data scientists extract meaning from data, uncover insights and identify opportunities to inform business decision making.

Responsibilities
• Responsible for identifying relevant data sources for business needs
• Responsible for collecting structured and unstructured data
• Responsible for sourcing missing data
• Tasked with organising data in to usable formats
• Will be required to building predictive models
• Will be required to Build machine learning algorithms
• Responsible for enhancing the data collection process
• Responsible for the Processing, cleansing & verifying of data
• Required to Analyse data for trends and patterns and to find answers to specific questions
• Assess quality of data and remove or clean data
• Preparing reports for executive and project teams
• Create visualisations of data

Technical Skills, Expertise and Experience
• A BSc in statistics, maths, economics, computer science or data science.
• Three (3) Years work experience in a similar capacity
• Strong mathematical & numeracy skills
• Intermediate understanding of databases such as SQL Server and Oracle.
• Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python, SLQ, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Understanding of reporting & data visualisation tools such as Business Objects, PowerBi and Tableau.
• Understanding of website scripts such as XML, Javascript, JSON
• Understanding of ETL framework and ETL tools including Microsoft SSIS, Apache NiFi, Pentaho Kettle
• Excellent analytical skills – the ability to identify trends, patterns and insights from data
• Strong attention to detail
• Presentation skills – ability to write and speak clearly to easily communicate complex ideas in a way that is easy to understand
• Problem solving skills
• A good communicator with effective

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All applications to be emailed to hr@signetconsulting.co.zm 
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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 26 March 2023
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 23-03-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 23-03-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 23-03-2056
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