Data Scientist II
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This individual contributor is primarily responsible for participating in the design and development of data pipelines, automation for data acquisition, and ingestion of raw data from multiple data sources and data formats under the guidance of more senior data scientists. This role is also responsible for assisting in the development of detailed problem statements outlining hypotheses and their effect on target clients/customers, Analyzing and investigating data sets and summarizing key characteristics, selecting, manipulating and transforming data into features used in machine learning algorithms under the guidance of more senior data scientists, training statistical models under the guidance of more senior data scientists, assisting with the deployment and maintenance of reliable and efficient models through production, examining model performance, and working with internal and external stakeholders under the guidance of more senior data scientists to develop and deliver statistical driven outcomes.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Pursues effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and members. Listens to, addresses, and seeks performance feedback. Pursues self-development; acknowledges strengths and weaknesses based on career goals and takes appropriate development action to leverage / improve them. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work. Assesses and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
- Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; follows procedures and policies, and applies data and resources to support projects or initiatives with limited guidance and/or sponsorship. Collaborates with others to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies and speaks up for ways to address improvement opportunities.
- Assists in the development of detailed problem statements outlining hypotheses and their effect on target clients/customers by defining scope, objectives, outcome statements and metrics under the guidance of more senior data scientists.
- Participates in the design and development of data pipelines and automation for data acquisition and ingestion of raw data from multiple data sources and data formats under the guidance of more senior data scientists by transforming, cleansing, and storing data for consumption by downstream processes; writing diverse SQL queries; and demonstrating a working knowledge of database fundamentals.
- Analyzes and investigates data sets and summarizes key characteristics by employing data visualization methods; and determining how best to manipulate data sources to discover patterns, spot anomalies, test hypotheses, and/or check assumptions.
- Selects, manipulates, and transforms data into features used in machine learning algorithms under the guidance of more senior data scientists by leveraging techniques to conduct dimensionality reduction, feature importance, and feature selection.
- Trains statistical models under the guidance of more senior data scientists by using algorithms and data mining techniques; testing models with various algorithms to assess the input dataset and related features; and applying techniques to prevent overfitting such as cross-validation.
- Assists with the deployment and maintenance of reliable and efficient models through production.
- Examines model performance by demonstrating a working knowledge of a variety of model validation techniques to assess and discriminate the goodness of model fit; and identifying feedback and output to inform and strengthen model performance.
- Works with internal and external stakeholders under the guidance of more senior data scientists to develop and deliver statistical driven outcomes by providing insights and values from heterogeneous data to investigate problems for use cases; and supporting informed decision-making.
- Minimum one (1) year statistical analysis and modeling experience.
- Minimum one (1) year programming experience.
- Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Public Health, or related field OR Minimum two (2) years experience in data science or a directly related field. Advanced degrees may be substituted for the work experience requirements.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Advanced Quantitative Data Modeling; Applied Data Analysis; Data Extraction; Data Visualization Tools; Relational Database Management; Microsoft Excel; Design Thinking; Business Intelligence Tools; Data Manipulation/Wrangling; Open Source Languages & Tools; Model Optimization; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Data Ensemble Techniques; Feature Analysis/Engineering
- One (1) year healthcare experience.
- One (1) year relational database experience.
- One (1) year experience working with SQL.
- One (1) year experience working with Open Source Tools (e g , R, Python).
- One (1) year experience working with Scikit-Learn.
- One (1) year experience working with Excel.
- One (1) year study design experience.
- One (1) year experience working in big data or data engineering.
- One (1) year experience working with causal inference.
- One (1) year data simulation experience.
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