Senior Data Scientist
Job Description
Duties/Pligte
Utilising domain expertise, analytical skills, and software knowledge to support the development and maintenance of data take-on processes and curating routine health data.
Being actively involved in data beneficiation, interpretation, inference, analysis and reporting.
Developing algorithms and tools to support the implementation of community-based DR-TB household contact management.
Processing and delivering reports, actionable line lists, monitoring and evaluation tools against data requests of varying complexity.
Providing supervision to junior data personnel as needed.
Developing and implementing training programmes, user guides, and other products that promote understanding of the Provincial Health Data Centre patient management digital tools.
Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
Master's or PhD in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Information Systems, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Demography, Biostatistics, Epidemiology.
At least five (5) years' experience in enterprise cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
Required Experience:
A minimum of five years' experience in the following: Health information systems and health data interoperability. Experience and proficiency in SQL, DataBricks, and PySpark. Working with large disparate sets of data (hundreds of millions of records). Statistical expertise and broader software programming experience. Working with stored procedures and views. Working with a scripting language e.g. Python, R. Technical communication and presentation of ideas.
Required Key Competencies:
Competence in working in an ever-changing environment and modifying plans accordingly. Advanced knowledge of and proficiency with cloud technology including Azure SQL, and interactive data visualisation software such as PowerBI. The ability to design databases and build new ETL processes. Analytic skills to conceptualise and execute data extraction and analysis tasks. The ability to conceptualise, design and implement efficient actionable data-driven reports. Demonstrable strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively create, edit and review relevant reports and presentations. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders.Recommendation/Aanbeveling
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1577764
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationStellenbosch, WC, ZA, South Africa
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EducationNot mentioned