Data Scientist - DV Cleared

Company: Global IT Consultancy

Location: Cambridgeshire

Duration: 6 months

Rate: £650.00-700.00 per day

### Please note that this is an DV Cleared role ###

Data Scientist: You will support an Agile development project which is building bespoke algorithms and applications for a Defence customer. The project aims to provide technical support to the clients' innovation and data science capability, as part of a growing programme of work relating to artificial intelligence, algorithm development and machine learning.

Essential skills

Mathematics (ideally degree level or above in STEM subject, or equivalent)

Experience of Python programming language

Exposure to some or all of the following Python libraries: Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn

Experience of ingesting, processing & cleaning large datasets

Experience of producing analytical reports and drawing insights from large datasets, particularly for a non-technical audience

Desirable

Experience of machine learning algorithms:

Supervised techniques (e.g. Random Forest, XGBoost, Neural Networks)

Unsupervised techniques (e.g. Clustering algorithms; K-Means, DBSCAN)

Exposure to one or more of Keras, Tensorflow, PyTorch

Basic statistical knowledge; e.g. normal distribution, correlation

Exposure to Big Data platforms: e.g. Apache HDFS, Spark, Hive

Basic experience of writing efficient SQL queries

Awareness of modern data visualisation techniques

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