Data Engineer/ Scientist

Data Engineer/ ScientistStatus: OpenLocation: Monroe, NC, United StatesContractRole: The Data Engineer will focus on creating and maintaining engineering systems to collect and store transactional and real-time data for analytics. This person will create solutions to compile current and historical data from multiple formats and sources into a unified system that will provide data to Data Scientists and general users.Position responsibilities include:Engineer data storage architecture, methods, and procedures across the business.Map data from multiple sources into the new structure.Work with business subject matter experts to determine best solutionsServe as a subject matter expert in the capabilities of Data Science.Collaborate with business owners to solve business problems using a broad spectrum of data science tools, packages and visualization techniques.Build models and optimization tools to support large scale projects that utilize online, offline data, structured, and unstructured dataKey Skills:Degree in computer science, applied statistics, economics, or engineering.Experience with SQL, Python, Spark, and R.Thorough understanding and hands on experience with Hadoop based distributed storage and computing frameworksThorough understanding of various database systems including NoSQL technologies.Solid foundation of statistical and data science concepts and in-depth knowledge about various modeling techniques including linear and logistic regression, decision trees, SVM, neural networks, k-means, random forest, dimensionality reduction, etc.