Data Scientist

Technical engineer

Data Scientists find information in diverse datasets to address complex problems and improve organisational processes.  They are inquisitive, they explore and visualise data of all kinds, find and present ‘stories’ within the data in a meaningful way to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.  They make recommendations to inform strategic and operational decision making through sourcing, accessing and manipulating data, and engineering data processes.  They identify and address data bases and handle private data ethically and appropriately, complying with (inter)national privacy regulations. 


Skills and aptitude

Skills and aptitudes that would be useful for someone in a data analyst role might include:

  • Good at Maths
  • Machine Leaning and Neural Networks
  • Data storage, cleaning and visualisation
  • Programming

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