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SkillStorm is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for our client in Charlotte, North Carolina OR Jersey City, New Jersey. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Contributes to the strategic vision and integrates a broad range of ideas regarding setting the strategy around gathering, organizing, and extracting qualitative and quantitative relationships and trends from large amounts of data. Recognized across the organization for organizing and developing data warehouses for optimal decision support. Leads the design, development and implementation of complex data management, storage applications, often using new technologies. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results. Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems. Requires a Bachelors degree or advanced degree and /or equivalent experience in related IS/IT discipline. Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with ability to translate business strategy into achievable tactics. Typically over 10 years of related IT experience.

LOB Job Description:

• Workspace Services: Capital team is looking for a hands-on Senior Data Scientist II to undertake multiple advanced analytics initiatives like Forecasting, Predictions etc that will enable us deliver Operational Excellence and provide actionable insights to business users. The Data Scientist is responsible for executing the full-scope of advanced analytic techniques with the objectives of creating quantitative and qualitative models, data mining, causal inferences, predictions, optimizations, and recommendations for Treasury team.

Overview:

• Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.
• Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully.
• Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.
• Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience.
• Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs.
• Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital.
• This position is for a self-starter with leadership qualities, responsible for formulating and managing projects, as well as developing data science models, and working with key business, data and technology leaders to establish roadmaps and deliver high value analytic projects. Position requires strong command of various data mining and advanced analytical techniques to produce easy to use analytical solutions.

Required Skills:

• 2 - 5 years of professional experience as a data scientist executing complex analytical projects
• 2 + years of text analytics experience
• Strong programming experience with Python, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, CUDA and pandas
• Knowledge of Big Data Architectures and Cloud computing
• Experience with Hadoop/Hive, Neo4J, Apache Spark, Kafka and MongoDB is a plus
• Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau, Kibana, etc.
• Knowledge of machine-learning techniques, classifiers and statistical methods
• Hands-on experience with natural language processing techniques including Sentiment analysis, Word embeddings
• Experience with Speech-to-Text is a plus
• Advanced degree, or equivalent experience, in mathematics, data science or other quantitative discipline
• Demonstrated success in executing high value, enterprise projects with clear articulation of benefits, costs and risk
• Superb communication, coaching and management skills across multiple business stakeholders and IT as well as external partners
• Desire to use modern technologies as a disruptive influence within the Finance domain

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