Senior Data Scientist

2 weeks ago


Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

**Role purpose**:
Co-creating advanced machine learning products that drive revenue, reduce costs, and improve customer experience.
Developing predictive models with large and varied datasets, working with a community of colleagues across Advanced Machine Learning, technology, data, and customer functions.
Contributing to the wider community to enable an Advanced Machine Learning capability across Vodafone globally.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
Development of machine learning models for various areas of the business on the big data platform.
Development of prototype code in e.g. PySpark for automated training and scoring of the machine learning models.
Machine learning model performance tracking and reporting using e.g. Qlik.
Uses data visualization to engage the audience in a compelling way, enabling effective storytelling.
Works with the lead data scientist to deliver key packages of work to meet the needs of business customers.
Works in partnership with Big Data Engineering for data ingestion to support use cases.
Works in partnership with Big Data Production Data Engineering for model automation and productionizing.

**Technical / professional qualifications**:
4-7 years of experience in a similar data science role.
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in quantitative fields like Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Social Sciences, Data Journalism, or related fields.

**Core competencies, knowledge and experience**:
Expertise in data manipulation: use of structured data tools (e.g., SQL), & unstructured data tools and platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL).
Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language: Python, Scala.
Expertise in machine learning libraries (e.g., R, H2O) and multivariate techniques (e.g., k-means segmentation, multiple regression, factor analysis, time-series forecasting).
Experience in digital data sets, e.g., social listening, social network analysis.
Familiarity with visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Qlik, D3).
Has a deep interest in keeping up with the latest breakthroughs and emerging technologies in Machine Learning

Closing date for Applications**:15 June 2023**

The base location for this role is, **Vodacom Campus, Midrand.**

The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.


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