Senior Data Scientist - Broomfield, CO & Remote US Locations

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, SQL, Agile methodologies, Git, SQL Server, Apache Hadoop, Scala Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, Perl Programming, JIRA, Data Visualization, Looker, MATLAB Programming, Tableau, Apache Hive, Apache Airflow, R Programming, Statistics, SPARK Programming, Trello, Mathematica, Terabyte scale datasets

Job Description

Lumen Technologies seeks Sr Data Scientist to work in Broomfield, CO. Collaborate in a team in developing tools to collect, clean, analyze and manage the data used by strategic areas of the business; employ techniques and theories drawn from mathematics, statistics, in particular from the subdomains of machine learning, classification, cluster analysis, and data mining; collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand complex business problems, build statistical models, and create predictive tools.

• Requirements include Master’s in Business Analytics, Data Science or related field and two years of experience in job offered or related data science position; working knowledge of Python, SQL, MS SQL Server, R, Git, Hive, Looker, Tableau, Scala, Spark, AWS, Airflow, Snowflake, Hadoop, C++, MatLab. MS Excel, Machine Learning principles, statistics. Working knowledge of OSI model and demonstrated scientific writing skills.

The Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand complex business problems, build statistical models, and create predictive tools.
• Clearly communicate methods and conclusions with simple language and innovative visualizations to management and executives.
• Work effectively on a team as well as a self-driven individual to do research and develop cutting edge and effective solutions for the business.
• Provide expertise in analyzing and visualizing large, complex, and unique data sets.
• Create new insights that will drive business growth and profitability in the short and long term.
• Deploy analytics code with a continuous integration environment incorporating version control, build servers, and test servers.
• Design and implement programs and automation to collect, mash up, process, and analyze distributed real-world data.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required:

• 5 - 7 years related experience.
• Degree(s) in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Economics, Business Analytics, Statistics or related discipline
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Strong experience with tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing large datasets.
• Programming experience with two or more of R, Python, Spark, Scala, Java, Perl, Mathematica and C++.
• Database Experience in MS SQL, PL SQL, and Hadoop.
• Understanding knowledge of OSI model and demonstrated scientific writing skills.
• Creativity and persistence in locating, extracting and analyzing any and all relevant data.
• Problem solving versatility: making the best decisions possible given the data quality and time available.
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to quickly pick up new methods, tools and programming languages.

Preferred:

• Expertise w/ GIT
• Expertise with Agile development and project management tools (Trello, JIRA, Rally, etc)
• Strong verbal, written and visualization communication skills relaying data science findings, problems to business users.
• Expertise w/ econometric and machine learning methods for predictive analytics
• Strong knowledge of optimization methods and feature engineering
• Culture of curiosity and perseverance in the face of messy data and complex business, information systems landscape

Education:

• Master’s or higher