Data Scientist
Cisco Meraki is revolutionizing the way IT administrators lead their infrastructure by providing simple and secure cloud-managed solutions. With a large install base of customers and rich, multi-dimensional data sets, the potential for data analytics to improve business performance for both our customers and our own business is enormous.
We are looking for a full-stack Data Scientist to join our Strategy & Data Science department. The Strategy & Data Science department is a growing group that works closely with executives and leaders. As part of this group, you will develop cross-functional relationships and use thorough data science methods on our business and product data to drive near- and longer-term impact. This would be an outstanding fit for someone who has a passion for both math and technology, ability to provide deep insights for priority Meraki leadership asks and joint Cisco/Meraki product and customer analysis.
What will you do:
- Lead key, cross-functional analytical projects, identifying and bringing together team members, building project plans, developing joint analytical approaches, and completing the project
- Build predictive models to influence business decisions
- Use data to find opportunities to improve customer support needs
- Define key metrics to help supervise our business performance and customer experience
- Analyze user journey data and understand root causes of customer engagement with products and dashboard
- Enable task automation using machine intelligence
- Analyze trends in data to identify growth opportunities for our business
What skills you possess:
- Strong SQL skills
- Strong coding skills in Python/R, Hadoop/Spark technologies
- 2-3+ years of prior knowledge in building data science pipelines
- Good understanding of machine learning based model building flows
- Deep knowledge using machine learning frameworks
- BS/MS degree, such as economics, mathematics, statistics or engineering
- 3-5+ years of experience in an analytical role or equivalent combination of graduate degree and work experience in data science
- Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving ability
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-starter and ability to work autonomously
Who you are:
- You demonstrate discernment in your work
- You have a real passion for analytics and desire for continuous learning
- You have strong interpersonal skills; able to keep track of multiple complicated priorities without losing details
- Ability to communicate the results of analysis
- You are eager to take ownership of projects
- You remain curious and eager to understand all components of your work
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