Senior Data Scientist

Strategic Staffing Solutions; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 82,656 - 110,208; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a contract position in Charlotte, NC. This role involves leveraging data to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include developing predictive models, data analysis, and creating visualizations. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience, preferably with knowledge of cloud-based analytics and advanced machine learning. This position offers competitive hourly pay ranging from $60 to $80 and requires a collaborative attitude.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with customer service or utility operations.
• Advanced ML techniques and big data processing experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan epics, stories, and tasks for product development.
• Extract, transform, and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Develop diagnostic and predictive models to guide strategic decisions.
• Create impactful dashboards and visualizations.

Skills

Data analysis

Cloud-based analytics

Machine learning

Data visualization

SQL

Python

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

AWS EMR

AWS SageMaker

Power BI Premium

Jupyter Notebook

SQL Server

Oracle

Microsoft Teams

Jira

Outlook

Spark

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions provided pay range

This range is provided by Strategic Staffing Solutions. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$60.00/hr - $80.00/hr

Senior Data Scientist

Duration: 12 months

Pay: $60-80/hr W2 ONLY, NO C2C

Description

Customer Data Artificial Intelligence Solutions (CDAIS) combines customer, meter and customer service data to identify opportunities that reduce costs, increase revenue, and resolve process breakages ultimately improving customer experience for millions of customers across the eastern United States. We are seeking talented data and analytics professionals to join a dynamic, innovative team that plays a critical role in the success of the Customer organization.

What You’ll Do

You will leverage both technical and professional skills to deliver actionable insights and solutions that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Key responsibilities include:

Technical Responsibilities

• Engagement Planning & Communication (15%): Plan epics, stories, and tasks for product development. Present complex ideas and collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Tools: Microsoft Teams, Jira, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Extract, transform, and analyze data from multiple sources and APIs (SQL Server, Oracle, AWS). Identify trends, anomalies, and insights to support advanced analytics and continuous improvement.
• Tools: SQL, Python, AWS EMR, AWS SageMaker, Jupyter Notebook, Spark
• Data Science Modeling (30%): Develop diagnostic and predictive models to inform strategic decisions. Techniques may include NLP, regression, machine learning, semantic analysis, simulation, and optimization.
• Tools: Python, AWS EMR, AWS SageMaker, Jupyter Notebook, Spark
• Create impactful dashboards and visualizations to communicate trends and findings to leadership and teams.
• Tools: Power BI Premium, Jupyter Notebook

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-based analytics platforms (primarily AWS).
• Familiarity with customer service or utility operations.
• Advanced ML techniques and big data processing experience.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting