Big Data Scientist

Jas Gujral; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client in Manchester is seeking an Expert Big Data Scientist with 7–10 years of experience in NLP and large-scale data analysis. You will work in a multidisciplinary, highly technical team to apply scalable data mining and machine learning techniques, including kernel methods and deep learning.

Responsibilities include translating business needs into technical requirements and leveraging distributed computing tools such as Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive and Pig. A MSc/PhD is advantageous.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience as a Big Data Scientist.
• NLP knowledge and experience; analyses large data sets.
• Experience with big data technologies and Hadoop ecosystem.
• Kernel Methods, Deep Learning, ensemble methods.
• Model and analyze data to hypothesize use cases for business value.
• Translate business needs to technical requirements and implementation.
• Experience with distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Pig).
• Advanced Excel for analytical tasks.
• MSc or PhD in a quantitative field is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs to technical requirements and implementation.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary, highly technical environment.
• Develop and apply scalable data mining and ML techniques.
• Model data using advanced statistical methods to derive insights.

Skills

NLP

Big Data

Machine learning

Statistical modelling

Data mining

Distributed computing

Excel

Education

MSc in Data Science

PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Hadoop

Hive

Pig

MapReduce

Elasticsearch

SAS Enterprise Miner

Matlab

Excel

Python

Java

C++

Shell Script

R

Job description

Big Data Scientist - Expert – Manchester

Our Client an international organisation is looking to recruit a Big Data Expert with 7 to 10 years expertise as a Big Data Scientist.

You will have Natural Language Processing (NLP) knowledge and experience and understand and analyse large data sets to discover new insights.

Working in a multi-disciplinary team within a highly technical and complex environment.

Well versed in scalable data mining and machine learning techniques (using computers to improve as well as develop algorithms)Kernel Methods, Deep Learning, Statistical Relational Learning, Ensemble Methods

Model using advanced statistical/ mathematical models, predict and segment data to hypothesize/ evolve uses cases to monetize data and generate other business value.

Translate business needs to technical requirements and implementation.

Experience of Big Data technologies/Big Data Analytics.

C++, Java, Python, Shell Script

R, Matlab, SAS Enterprise Miner

Elastic search and understanding of Hadoop ecosystem

Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools like Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Pig etc.

Advanced use of Excel spread sheets for analytical purposes

An MSc or PhD in Data Science or an analytical subject (Physics, Mathematics, Computing) or other quantitative discipline would be handy.

The position is based close to Manchester.

The salary for this Big Data Scientist position will be circa £75K - £85K plus benefits.