What Do Companies Like IBM, Infosys, Wipro Look For In A Data Scientist?
In this data dominated era, it has become crucial to employ analysts who can turn all the raw data into actionable insight for a company. From Fortune 500 companies to a startup company, every company have realised that utilising the huge amount of datasets can improve a business’s bottom line. Hence, data science is on the rise, both from a company’s and employee’s perspective. According to an IBM report, data scientists and advanced analysts are the fastest-growing roles, which are projected to see demand spike by 28 percent by 2020. Most of the companies seek data scientist with a very particular experience and skills to run and complete data science projects. Here we take a look at what few tech companies like IBM, Infosys and Wipro are looking for in a data scientist to make their team more smarter. What Infosys Is Looking For In A Data Scientist According to a job post on LinkedIn, this is what Infosys is looking for in a Data Scientist or what they call it ‘Data Science Modelers’, to optimize the business through analytics and statistical modeling and to develop, maintain reporting and analytical tools. The data scientist should have a PhD or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Commerce, Science Domain experience in Retail or Finance or Supply Chain or/and Marketing will be an added bonus. Hands on experience in Statistical Techniques such as Decision Tree, Segmentation, Logistic and Multiple Regression and others. Infosys also prefers to have a candidate who has exposure to US or overseas markets with a Domain/ Technical/ Tools knowledge. Proficiency with statistical analysis tools. For example, SAS, SPSS, R Hands on experience in Statistical Techniques such as Decision Tree, Segmentation, Logistic and Multiple Regress, among others Strong Excel, Access and PowerPoint skills Familiarity with database query tools (SQL) Basic understanding of a data warehouse architecture Experience of Campaign Management and Customer Segmentation What IBM Is Looking For In A Data Scientist To run and complete a data science projects in IBM this is what the Armonk-based computer manufacturing company is looking for in a data scientist, according to IBM’s Seth Dobrin and Jean-Francois Puget. The company prefers a candidate with a Masters of Science or Doctorate degree. Because having an advanced degree will help take a complex project and break it down into a set of testable hypotheses. Expertise in a programming language like R, Python, Scala, Julia. The candidate must have the ability to transform and manage large data sets. The data scientist must have an ability to communicate with non-data scientists. She/he must have good storytelling skills and have the ability to map mathematical concepts to common sense. Expertise in machine learning and statistics, with an emphasis on decision optimization What Wipro Is Looking For In A Data Scientist The primary focus of Wipro’s Data Scientist is to apply data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis and building high-quality prediction systems. The data scientist in Wipro will be working extensively in data-centric digital storytelling and data visualization. According to Wipro, these are the skillsets and qualification the data scientist must have: The data scientist must have an excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-Nearest Neighbors, Naive, Bayes, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Forests, etc. She/he should have an experience with common data science toolkits, such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab, etc. The data scientist should have an experience in data visualization tools, such as D3.js, GGplot, etc. She/he should be proficient in using query language such as SQL, Hive, Pig Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase Good applied statistics skills (distribution, statistical testing, regression, etc) and scripting and programming skills The data scientist must have good communication skills and should have data-oriented personality with solid client-facing consultative skills.
In this data dominated era, it has become crucial to employ analysts who can turn all the raw data into actionable insight for a company. From Fortune 500 companies to a startup company, every company have realised that utilising the huge amount of datasets can improve a business’s bottom line. Hence, data science is on […]
Most of the companies seek data scientist with a very particular experience and skills to run and complete data science projects.
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