Data Scientist

Cognizant

Cognizant offers an opportunity to revolutionize business decisions with data-driven insights through its Data+ practice. The Data Scientist role involves collaboration with business and IT domains to apply data management, business intelligence, and advanced modeling for better decision-making. The objective is to provide faster and smarter insights to leading enterprises.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of data-related challenges and opportunities.
• Integrate and interact with substantial datasets across business units.
• Design and evaluate sophisticated analytics and machine learning models.
• Explore new methodologies and convey data insights through visualization.
• Communicate and present data findings clearly to clients and business users.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays and Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

This role requires you to have:

• Master’s degree in IT or related field
• Problem solving and analytical thinking
• Data cleaning and quality assessment
• Experience with machine learning algorithms
• Proficiency in Python and R
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases

You would benefit from having:

• Understanding of neural networks and deep learning
• Experience with Hadoop environment
• Familiarity with AWS Sagemaker, Google TensorFlow, or MS Azure ML
• Experience with visualization tools like Tableau and Google Analytics

Cognizant cannot provide sponsorship for U.S. work authorization. Final job location and start dates depend on business needs and positions availability.