Data Scientist at Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited

Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited - Our client is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Our client requires the skills of a data science specialist with hands-on experience in planning, developing and management of predictive and prescriptive analytics projects/solutions.
• The successful candidate will also be responsible for supporting through administration and model update development (where necessary) of some existing inhouse solutions.
• Ensuring delivery of projects according to agreed timelines, excellent user experience and 99% application/service availability are some of the critical requirements of this role. Specifically, the developer role will include;

Responsibilities

• Gathering and developing user specifications requirement documents for every project initiative.
• Developing project implementation plans for each initiative.
• Model/solution development, deployment and support.
• User guides/manual development.
• User training and solution handover

Keys Skills & Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or any other social science programs such as Economics.
• 3-4 years practical experience in Business Intelligence, Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics model development.
• Expertise and hands on experience with programming languages/technologies such as Python, Oracle PL/SQL and generally working with data on different relational and non-relational Database Management Systems (DBMS).
• Expertise and hands on experience with different machine learning libraries/algorithms such as pandas, mathplotlib, Regression analysis, K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Deep Learning using Keras and Tensor flow etc.
• Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) as it applies to Python.
• Excellent data visualization skills using Microsoft Power BI and Tableau.
• Knowledge of Flask, Django and any workflow Python framework.
• Knowledge of relational database (Oracle & MySQL).
• Knowledge in other database systems (e.g. MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of basic operations of Linux server.
• Experience in GIT is an added advantage.
• Strong grasp of security principles and how they apply to software and the web in general.
• Good problem solving and logical thinking skills (ability to transform business requirements into programmable solutions).
• Good Communication skills.
• Experience in planning and delivering software platforms used across multiple organizational units (multitenancy).

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2022.