Data Scientist

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Data Scientist. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Complex data-science
• TWO year duration
• Australian Citizenship mandatory

Talent International is working in partnership with a major federal government organisation to assist in sourcing two Data Scientists on contract based in Sydney CBD.

Working within a team of other data scientists the successful candidate(s) will develop analytical solutions to deliver transformative technical projects which provide significant business.
The work involves unstructured data modelling to identify risk themes and topics from vast document collections, text mining, image classification and automation. 

Key duties of the role will include

• Work with a cross functional team of analysts, report developers and engineers to move Proof-of-Concept models/products to production for clients 
• Utilise complex analytic techniques and experimental methods independently to develop technological solutions to achieve business outcomes, using computational methods to discover data patterns and to develop classification, prediction and optimisation models 
• Manipulate and analyse big data from disparate systems 
• Apply in depth knowledge in forecasting, statistics, econometric modelling, linear programming and other optimisation algorithms and quantitative techniques, strong data cleansing skills and experience in devising testing methods 
• Develop, enhance and maintain a range of mathematical models to monitor demand and analyse behaviour 

 
In order to be considered we are seeking talented data scientists who meet the following criteria:

• A proficient and well-defined knowledge of SQL and, either R, or, Python statistical programming languages.
• An ability to work with datasets of all types and formats specifically images and unstructured text. An understanding of data scales and sizes and related techniques, risks and impacts. 
• Experience with Hadoop/Spark, Solr, Tika, Tesseract, Hive, Impala, TensorFlow, D3JS, R Shiny, Superset. 

Australian Citizenship is MANDATORY in order to be considered. 

This role will be offered on contract until end of 2018 with a view to extend for a further 18 months thereafter

For immediate consideration please forward a copy of your current resume via the APPLY NOW button or email Patrick at Talent International on [email protected]

For further queries please call (02) 9223 9855.