The Data Scientist role at Adtalem is looking to solve business needs through specific analyses and building machine learning models and AI solutions to maximize the success of students enrolled into various programs.
Requirements
- Experience with machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as Decision Trees, RF, XGBoost, LightGBM etc.
- Excellence in one of the data science toolkits, such as Python or R.
- Must have proficiency in using query languages such as SQL.
- Experience with data analysis tools and platforms such as GCP, Big Query, SQL Server, PowerBI, etc
- Experience in pricing modeling, revenue optimization, or other similar analytical use cases is highly preferred.
- Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
- Good scripting and programming skills.
Responsibilities
- Selects and manages features, builds and optimizes classifiers using machine learning techniques.
- Performs data mining using state-of-the-art methods.
- Leverages third party sources of information to enhance data models.
- Analyzes the integrity of data used for analysis and models.
- Supports the Senior Data Scientist in identifying analytic needs and requirements of the institutions;
- Translates analytic findings into simple, actionable, and practical solutions and recommendations.
- Synthesizes recommendations into management-ready presentations with recommended actions.
Other
- BS or MS Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related technical field.
- Management consulting/professional service experience
- Ability to work in a dynamic and cross-functional environment, where multiple conflicting objectives need to be prioritized and achieved.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills including influencing and consensus building.
- Collaborative coding experience and competency with Git
