Data Scientist

**We Want You**:
Are you a Data Einstein? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with authentic and like-minded individuals? We are looking for an analytical expert to join our fast-growing Team, to use their acquired knowledge and skills in combining both statistics and analytics in order, to provide informed solutions for the business. **Data Scientists**, this is your time to shine

You will be responsible for building, optimising and implementing innovative, quantitative analytical methodologies and contribute to innovation by finding faster and more accurate ways of working.

**You Bring**:

- Degree or Diploma in Statistics, Actuarial Sciences, or related technical discipline.
- Minimum 3-4 years of proven experience in Data Science, Statistics, or Business Intelligence.
- Exposure to Big Data Management.
- Advanced knowledge of analytical tools and tech stacks (SQL, Python, C++, etc.) with BI tools (e.g. Tableau) and Data Frameworks (e.g. Hadoop).
- Demonstrated ability to synthesise data and information into actionable insights fit for business.
- Understanding of machine learning, data visualisation, and text analytics.
- Identify and resolve data reporting issues.
- Ability to create efficient T-SQL objects and processes according to spec (databases, tables, stored procedures, business rules, and functions).
- Experience in T-SQL query optimisation, troubleshooting, and debugging.
- Understanding of database management systems, online analytical processing, and ETL framework.
- Communicate with various departmental Team Members to understand the business requirements.
- Knowledge of the Kimball Data Warehouse Lifecycle.
- Relevant Microsoft SQL certifications.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Identifying data - analytics problems that would offer the best opportunities for business.
- Cleaning and validating large sets of structured and unstructured data from different sources, ensuring uniformity, accuracy, and completeness.
- Must be able to provide support on the report offerings.
- Participates in the workstream planning process including inception, technical design, development, testing, and delivery of Analytical and BI solutions.
- Participate in the project management estimation process.
- Responsible for developing demand forecasts.
- Collaborates with BI Analysts to understand customer needs.
- Analyses business and functional requirements and translates these requirements.
- Interpretation of data to discover solutions and opportunities.
- Communicate findings to stakeholders using visualisation and other means.
- Responsible for collecting, analysing, and sharing data to help business Teams drive improvement in key business metrics, customer experience, and business results.
- Designs, develops, and tests BI solutions such as databases, data warehouses, queries and views, reports, and dashboards.
- Performs data conversions, imports, and exports of data within and between internal and external software systems.
- Enhances the performance of business intelligence tools by defining data to filter and indexes.
- Documents new and existing models, solutions, and implementations.
- Troubleshoots BI tools, systems, and software.
- Conducts extensive research to provide consumer insights and trends.
- Tracks, monitors, and analyses performance and production issues, and implements improvements.
- Supports and helps manage external resources such as service providers and vendor support.
- Presents and recommends cost-effective changes and solutions to business.
- Follows project specifications and corporate coding standards and policies.
- Responsible for ensuring the collected data is within required quality standards.
- Maintains the quality of the Metadata Repository by adding, modifying, and deleting data.
- Provides input to the development of data/information quality metrics.
- Provides guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other Team Members.
- Designs and delivers end-user training and training materials.

**The Company We Keep**:
At BET Software, we don't just recruit talent, we cultivate it. Our learning and development programmes, our various opportunities for growth, and our well-deserved incentives are what keep our All-Star Team the best amongst the rest.

**Location: Umhlanga, Durban