Job description

LIS is a leading Technology Company specializing in IT Consulting, Staffing and Enterprise Solutions. We offer a flexible and friendly work environment that enables career growth and opportunities.

Our organization is looking for an experienced Data Scientist for a (1-3) years contract position in Raleigh, NC. If interested please submit a current resume.

Candidates must have lived in the US for at least (5) years and can't have been outside the US in the last (5) years more than (6) months cumulative. This requirement is for the security clearance.

1. Job Title: Data Scientist

2. Location: Raleigh, NC

3. Job Duration: 1-3 years

4. Assignment Type: 1099, C2C

5. Pay Rate: Negotiable

6. Special Skills: 5+ years exp., bs/ba, data mining, algorithms, machine learning, r, sas, hadoop, sql, oracle, teradata, python, apache spark, tableau

Roles and Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Data exploration - Explore large data sets using a variety of tools to build model ready data products and provide any requirements to ETL developers to productize.
• Model Building - Description: Leverage analytics tools like SAS to build complex statistical and machine learning models to build predictive and prescriptive strategies.
• Adhoc Insight Generation - Description: Quickly explore data and apply descriptive statistics to provide rapid insights for the business customer.
• Create data mining architectures/models/protocols, statistical reporting, and data analysis methodologies to identify trends in large data sets. Analysis may have many applications such as to address a business issue or provide a competitive advantage for the organization
• Utilizes strong statistical and data visualization skills
• Uses and applies technical principles, theories, and concepts
• Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform professional tasks
• Develops recommended solutions to technical problems as assigned
• Submits work for review of soundness of technical judgment, quality, and accuracy
• Contributes to the completion of assigned technical tasks

Basic Qualifications

• Must have one of the following:

o Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Statistics, or related discipline with a minimum of 5 years of statistics experience
o Master’s degree in Computer Science, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Statistics, or related discipline with a minimum of 3 years of statistics experience

• Experience with customer churn and lead generation modeling.
• Knowledge of statistics, including sample design and probability sampling techniques, survey and experimental design, and measures of precision.
• Knowledge of industry developments, business practices, and technical developments to meet business needs.
• Ability to use computer-based data and operating systems, programming languages, and statistical packages (R, SAS, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets in a Hadoop environment.
• Experience with SQL in Oracle and Teradata environments.
• Ability to provide technical guidance related to data design, data collection, and statistical analysis.
• Ability to communicate facts or ideas orally and in writing, when answering questions, giving directions, providing information, preparing reports/presentations, and in preparing documentation.
• Ability to provide relevant leadership and support to management, peers, and customers for data science best practices and procedures.
• Must be able to work on-site in Raleigh, NC

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Data science, data mining, algorithms, machine learning: 5 years (Required)
• r, sas, hadoop, sql, hadoop, teradata: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location

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