Data Scientist

Job Description:

Location: 9045 River Road, Indianapolis, IN 46240

Company Overview

Performing over 80 million locates annually, USIC is the most trusted name in underground utility damage prevention.  USIC also provides a full suite of utility services throughout North America. Our Mission: to deliver quality, efficient, safe, and innovative solutions to protect our partners’ infrastructure and critical assets. Our Culture is known as Living the SAFE-LIFE: Protecting Infrastructure, Protecting Our Communities, Protecting Ourselves.

Summary

The Data Scientist will apply statistical theory and methods to collect and analyze data, make predictions, and recommend actions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing statistical methods to solve specific business needs
• Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
• Responsible for developing new data sources, testing model enhancements, and fine-tuning model parameters to improve upon existing methodologies
• Ensure that models are well developed, tested, trained, and implemented
• Ensure that the integrity and dependability of data for analytical purposes are processed, cleansed, and verified
• Responsible for data extraction, to include the construction and optimization of classifiers utilizing machine-learning methods
• Responsible for the accurate exploration of internally and externally sourced data to search for unseen insights and correlation
• Strongly encourages the adoption of data science and analytics across the organization

Requirements

• Master’s degree in data science or a related field is required
• 3-5 years of relevant experience required
• Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms and latest statistical, visualization, and extraction methods
• Thorough understanding of quantitative modeling and statistical analyses as well as experience building complex data visualizations for business stakeholders using a variety of visualization tools
• Proven track record of successfully working with difficult statistical/predictive models, performing analysis on complex problems, translating the needs of the business, and developing or enhancing solutions
• Experience developing standards and design patterns for development including implementing cloud-based analytics platforms
• Ability to work collaboratively cross functionally with internal and external stakeholders alike
• Excellent interpersonal skills that include the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and express technical matters in cogent layman’s terms
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Experience with statistical software (Python, R, SAS)
• Expert in MS Office Suite

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.