Senior Data Scientist at Vodacom

Role Purpose

• Co-creating Advanced Machine Learning products that drives revenue, reduce cost and increase customer experience.
• Developing predictive models with large and varied dataset s, working with a community of colleagues across Advanced Machine Learning, technology, and data and customer functions
• Contributing to the wider community to enable an Advanced Machine Learning capability across Vodafone globally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Development of machine learning models for various areas of the business on the Big Data Platform
• Development of prototype code in e.g. PySpark for automated training and scoring of the machine learning models
• Machine Learning Model performance tracking and reporting using e.g. Qlik
• Uses data visualisation to engage audience in a compelling way, enabling effective storytelling
• Work with lead data scientist to deliver key packages of work to meet the needs of business customers
• Works in partnership with Big Data Engineering for data ingestion to support use cases
• Works in partnership with Big Data Production Data Engineering for model automation and productionising 

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• 4-7 years’ experience in similar data science role
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in quantitative fields like Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Social Sciences, Data Journalism, or related fields
• Expertise in data manipulation: use of structured data tools (e.g., SQL), & unstructured data tools and platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL) 
• Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language: Python, Scala
• Expertise in machine learning libraries (e.g., R, H2O) and multivariate techniques (e.g. k-means segmentation, multiple regression, factor analysis, timeseries forecasting)
• Experience in digital data sets, e.g., social listening, social network analysis)
• Familiarity with visualisation tools (e .g. Tableau, Qlik, D3)
• Exposure/interest in machine learning

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion. 
 

Commitment from Vodacom

• Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.