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  • Posted: Nov 16, 2021
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Imagine a world where people live healthier, more enhanced and protected lives… A world in which each organisation is a powerful influencer and responsible corporate citizen, committed to being a force for social good. As a leading innovator in healthcare, wellness, insurance, investments, financial and life planning, Discovery works ceaselessly to...
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    Developer

    Key Purpose

    The role involves getting to know existing software models in order to be able to maintain them, as well as developing new models. A less challenging but equally important role is running the programs on a daily and monthly basis. These programs that need to be run include in-house developed software as well as third party software, in which the input files require regular creation.

    Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

    • Maintaining existing software

    • Creating input for programs – both in-house developed and third party

    • Collating output from the various programs and loading into a database

    • Automating the process of running groupers from creating input files to loading outputs

    • Developing simple front ends (usually webpages) to enable the team to run the programs themselves on a single record basis

    • Keeping third party software up to date by updating license keys etc.

    • Developing Adhoc programs and scripts as required by the team

    • Investigating new technologies and methodologies to keep the team up to date

    • Developing new software

    Personal Attributes and Skills

    • C programming (proficient)

    • SQL programming (good)

    • Unix shell scripting

    • Good knowledge of Unix (mainly Solaris, and some Linux)

    • Technical computer knowledge – e.g. using shared memory, binary files etc.

    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products; MS-Word, MS-Excel

    • Working with a source-level debugger (for C)

    • ProC (Oracle’s SQL interface for C)

    • XML / XSLT

    • HTML / CSS

    • PHP

    • Java/JavaScript

    • Any other web technologies such as APIs

    • Must be able to work unsupervised (mentorship is provided)

    • Enthusiasm and willingness to learn

    Education and Experience

    • Computer-related tertiary qualification – not necessarily a BSc.

    • Minimum 5 years solid C programming experience

    • Minimum 5 years’ experience developing in a Unix environment.

    • Minimum 3 years SQL experience, preferably with Oracle and/or Netezza

    • 2 years shell scripting (knowledge of awk or perl advantageous)

    • 1 year HTML exposure

    • 1 year XML/XSLT exposure

    • 6 months PHP

    • 2 years MS-Excel, MS-Word etc.

     Employment Equity  

    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.

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    Data Scientist

    Key Purpose

     

    In this role you will be involved in creating opportunities that delight our customers by leveraging Discovery’s vast clinical, demographic and operational data. Using this data with predictive modelling and machine learning techniques you will have a direct impact on strategic initiatives to support Discovery’s world-class operations. The successful applicant will be working within a highly specialized and growing team investigating ways to optimize and improve client services for Discovery’s client schemes.

     

     

    Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

     

    • Connecting with a multitude of stakeholders to understand the data in a healthcare and operational context

    • Mining large structured and unstructured datasets to find new insights to inform operational efficiency and ‘ member- delight’ interaction strategies

    • Research and application of the most up to date machine learning algorithms and AI techniques

    • Present data and model findings in a way that provides actionable insights to business users

    • Monitoring model performance

    • Improve processes and databases where opportunities arise

     

    Personal Attributes and Skills

     

    • Expert in data science programming languages such as R, Python, Scala

    • Expert in data manipulation skills including SQL to extract, transform and load data

    • Experience in interactive data exploration and data-driven story telling

    • Understanding and application of Big Data and distributed computing principles

    • Hands on experience with Big Data systems will be preferred

    • Strong analytical and statistical knowledge with an understanding of the latest machine learning algorithms for both structured and unstructured data

    • Ability to formulate problem statements and develop a plan for tackling the problem

    • Strong ability to communicate findings and recommendations from data (visual, verbal and written)

    • Integration and implementation experience

    • A passion for data exploration and analytics

    • Self-starter

    • Willingness to learn and grow exponentially

    • A restless curiosity towards data and uncovering unknown correlations

    • Ability to work cohesively in a team environment and balance multiple priorities

    • A team player who can work alone when required and without supervision

    • High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive

     

    Education and Experience

     

    • Honours or Master’s degree in either Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics with some experience in software engineering, computer science or working with big disparate sets of data, OR

    • Honours or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering with solid experience in statistical modelling, data mining and machine learning

    • Other analytical qualifications will also be considered if accompanied by the relevant experience

    • A minimum of 2 years’ work experience in a data science position

     

    EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                                 
    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.

    Method of Application

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