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Comcast · 18 hours ago

Data Scientist, Big Data/ML

PA - Philadelphia, 1800 Arch St

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Comcast is a Fortune 30 global media and technology company that is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Next Generation Access Network team. The role involves researching, developing, and applying innovative techniques to extract insights from large datasets to enhance user experience and drive business decisions.

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No H1B

Responsibilities

Building a strong intuitive understanding of the problem domain (Next Generation Access Networks). Identify testable hypotheses to explain interesting phenomena in this domain

Selecting and transforming features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques

Integrating data from multiple sources including third party sources

Data mining using state-of-the-art methods

Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems

Frequent meeting/communication with stakeholders to interpret their needs, plan/organize, and discuss progress and results

Developing actionable quantitative models in the areas of effectiveness, ROI, pricing and optimization

Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner

Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance

Creating automated evaluation environment of complex models and constant tracking of relevant performance

Develop and communicate goals, strategies, tactics, project plans, timelines, and key performance metrics to reach goals

Qualification

Machine Learning (ML)PythonSQLData VisualizationNoSQL DatabasesStatistical AnalysisAnalytical ThinkingCommunication

Required

Graduate degree or Phd in the following areas: Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science or relevant science or engineering discipline

1+ years working within an enterprise data lake/warehouse environment or big data architecture

Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, especially in the deep learning area -- both theoretical underpinnings and craft (Systems such as Tensorflow, Theano, Caffe, scikit.learn and their APIs)

Applied statistics skills and understanding of probability distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc

Experience with common data science toolkits, such as scikit-learn, R, etc. Excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable

Great communication skills

Experience with data visualization tools, such as D3.js, GGplot, Matplotlib, etc

Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL and Hive

Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, Redis/ElasticCache, Cassandra, HBase

Good scripting and programming skills, such as Java, Scala, R, Python, or Spark

Data-oriented personality

Preferred

Bachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience

2-5 Years

Benefits

An array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality—to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Company

Comcast

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Comcast is a media and technology company that provides broadband internet, mobile services, and entertainment platforms. It is a sub-organization of SkyShowtime.

Founded in 1963

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10001+ employees