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Equifax, Inc. Data Scientist - J00159011 in Alpharetta, Georgia

Our Data Scientist roles are unique. The ideal candidate is a rare hybrid, a scientist with the programming abilities to scrape, combine, and manage data from a variety of sources and a statistician who knows how to derive insights from the information within.

He or she will combine the skills to create new prototypes with the creativity and thoroughness to ask and answer the deepest questions about the data, what secrets it holds, and to push the boundaries of what is possible with big data. Want to know more?

What You'll Do: Utilize combined knowledge of data structures, analytics, algorithms/models, and strong computer science fundamentals to independently prepare datasets, conduct analytics, and develop deployable solutions Collect, analyze and interpret large data assets to define and build multiple innovative solution components leveraging business and technical expertise. Support the analytical strategy by understanding critical technical capabilities and suggesting opportunities. Lead the development or projects with multiple deliverables, leveraging business and technical expertise. Work on high-complexity tasks in problems often within multiple business or analytical domains, collaborating with other teams to develop predictive models, risk assessments, fraud detection, recommendation engines, etc. encouraging enhanced solutions Package, summarize, visualize and perform storytelling on analytical findings and results for management and business users Communicate results to external stakeholders and mid level leadership, able to communicate business impact of work Evaluate the technical work of peer and junior data scientists, guiding them on deliverable quality and accuracy

What experience you need BS degree in a STEM major or equivalent discipline Master's degree is strongly preferred 5 years of experience in a related analytical role 5 years of Python experience and SQL experience

What could set you apart Proven track record of designing and developing predictive models in real-world applications Experience with model performance evaluation and predictive model optimization for accuracy and efficiency Cloud certification strongly preferred Additional role-based certifications may be required depending upon region/BU requirements Passion for data science, data mining, machine learning and experience with big data architectures and methods A Master's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Economics)

Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity

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