About HP Analytics & Data Management

About the role of Data Scientist

Description:

• Defines analytic strategies to meet the demands of business requirements.

• Defines the technical requirements of the analytic solutions.

• Defines the data requirements of the analytic solution.

• Conducts sophisticated data mining analyses and build data mining models, as required, as part of the initial solution development.

• Translates data mining results into clear business focused deliverables for decision makers.

• Works with Application Developers to deploy data mining models into operational systems.

• Defines and recommends best practices for applying data mining to problem domain.

• Designs and/or contributes to the development of a data mining systems that enable reuse, efficiency, manageability and deployment.

• Integrates advanced analytics into end-to-end business intelligence solutions and operational business processes.

• Usually responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions. Is usually the Principal Consultant who analyses and develops enterprise technology solutions.

• Regularly leads large cross functional teams to include technical management of client staff assigned to implementation team in the completion of one or more solution requirements, architecture, or implementation deliverables.

• Provides the technical direction required to resolve complex issues to ensure the on-time delivery of solutions that meet customer expectations. May need to develop new methods to apply to situations.

• Provides advanced technical consulting and advice to proposal efforts, solution design. Provides consulting advice to customer senior leadership and sets strategic direction for customers based on HP’s solutions and products.

• Works with peers outside immediate organization to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and/or develops new solutions, yet works independently to drive technical problems to a solution.

• Produces strategies which assist HP in becoming No. 1 in the market place.

• Actively participates in HP professions program and Practice Improvement activities.

• Proactively encourages Re-use within practice or profession.

• Is recognized by peers as an expert in a particular area of technology.

• Sustained and consistent contribution at the region level.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of professional experience and a Master of Arts/ Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a Masters degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (15+ years in total).

• > 5 years of experience in analytic application/solution development. Refers to the implementation of repeatable analytic solutions which encompass all phases of the software development cycle. Beyond model development.

• Strong business focus. Must excel at connecting business requirements to data mining objectives and to measurable business benefit.

• >5 years use of R, SAS Enterprise Miner or SPSS Clementine for data mining and statistical analysis

Knowledge and Skill Required:

• Expert use of data mining methodologies such as classical regression, logistic regression, CHAID, CART, neural nets, association rules, sequence analysis, cluster analysis, and text mining.

• Expert use of SQL and experience with relational databases

• Experience with Hadoop, Map/Reduce, Hive or equivalent

• Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines

• Excellent communication and presentation skills; fluent in English.

• Demonstrates ability to develop solutions that can be used at multiple customer sites to enhance the availability, performance, maintainability and agility of their enterprise.

• Develops reusable solutions and workarounds that are innovative and demonstrate a deep technical knowledge of the affected products, processes, and the customer environment. Breadth of knowledge covers additional business units, third parties, competitors, and business drivers.

• Recognized as an advanced subject matter expert of analytic products, applied technologies and processes, combining vendor interoperability knowledge pertaining to complex IT infrastructures.

• May define interoperability issues between vendors’ products. Is a recognized expert in one or more technologies across an HP Services (HPS) region. Holds a vendor or industry certification in more than one discipline area. Regularly represents HPS at industry recognized technical events.

• Has performed troubleshooting across a number of significant multi-vendor products.

• Has demonstrated innovation and ability to communicate new offerings across multiple business units. Has led a cross functional team in the delivery of multiple solutions across multiple technologies.

• Ability to operate and present at all levels, and in public forums, to facilitate business discussions, and controls and leads those discussions.

• Demonstrates ability to represent the whole organization within a customer sales presentation, conveying the benefits of working with the business. Ability to lead production of proposals, working across departments, for complex customer solutions.

• Able to lead, coach and mentor others in consulting skills.

• Demonstrates ability to develop and win new opportunities through application of consulting skills. Maintains and develops client engagements which are strategic.

• Ability to relate risks and challenges with other client efforts.

• Ability to develop detailed project plans and work breakdown structures.

• Ability to develop Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements to technologies.