Data Scientist – AI Platform

Location:	Johannesburg
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Type:	Contract
Reference:	#NG59469
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

A dynamic global group with a focus on innovation topics, comprehensive IT solutions, and global team collaboration driving experiences with deep insight into compliance and IT methodology processes is recruiting for a data scientist – AI platform. This role will offer a deep insight into compliance and IT methodology processes, with the ability to offer an extended vested interest in the success and sustainability of the group.

Responsibilities:

• Cloud management
• Coordination between development and support environments
• Translating and simplifying requirements
• DevOps experience
• Managing projects/processes
• Ability to develop within a specific sought-after programming language
• Strong working knowledge with software development tools, techniques, and approaches used to build application solutions
• Cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging computing trends
• Very good knowledge and experience in NLP methods and customised NLU models
• NLP/NLU technology integration
• Assisting with the business case
• Experience with MSFT Bot Framework with Virtual Assistant is a plus

Qualifications and experience:

• BSc Hons in statistics/informatics, computer science, or B.Eng. (computer science)
• Strong background in mathematics and good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the agile working model (AWM) charter
• C#, Python, SQL, PL/SQL
• HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML
• R, Python, SKLearn, PySpark
• MS Azure, AWS, EC2, S3, Sagemaker, Glue
• Windows, Linux, and Unix
• Informatica 9.5/9.1/8.6, Tableau, Cognos
• Oracle 12c/11g, SQL Server 2014, DB2, Teradata 14/12, AWS Redshift
• Eclipse, Jupyter Notebooks, Microsoft Visual Studio, Spyder, TOAD, NetBeans, PL/SQL Developer, Putty, Squirrel SQL
• SVN, CVS, Git
• ATC Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, GitHub

The reference number for this position is NG59469, which is a contract position based in Johannesburg offering a salary of R370 up to R440 per hour, salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula at target="_blank">nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 16 Sep 14:44, Closing date 15 Nov