Senior Data Scientist

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Birmingham
2 months ago
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Permanent role details:

  • Senior/Data Scientist - Defence / MOD / Water Sectors
  • Location:Birmingham (Defence) / Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool (Water)
  • Basic Salary: £40,000 > £70,000 - Depending on experience.
  • Benefits:Life assurance, well-being, future development support, international remote working & more.
  • Must meet appropriate security clearance requirements, if suitable for this role.



The Energy/Defence DivisionatARMare currently recruiting an experienced Data Scientist to join one of the UK’s leading Design & Engineering Consultancies, to support their Defence, Aerospace, Security and Technology division on exciting upcoming projects across the UK.



Job Overview:

Our client specialises in delivering exciting data-led products and services to the largest public and private sector organisations in the UK, particularly in defence, security, intelligence, and government markets, as well as key clients in critical national infrastructure (CNI) across the world.

The Data & Artificial Intelligence team is a Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Data Engineering, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence in the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology business of the world-leading Design, Engineering and Project-Management.



Some of your duties will include:

  • As a Data Scientist, you will be working collaboratively with experts across industry to uncover hidden insights and build AI solutions that solve important and impactful real-world problems within a growing team of data specialists.
  • You will leverage cutting-edge technology to analyse complex datasets and craft innovative solutions to a wide array of industry challenges.
  • Your continued growth and development goals will be met through a variety of projects that challenge you to stay up to date with the latest technological advances and embrace the challenges that consulting brings.
  • We will support you through our Learning Pathway and flexibility to try roles outside of your current areas of expertise.



What do you need to succeed?

  • Strong experience of programming languages like Python, R, and SQL to ingest and analyse datasets.
  • Knowledge and understanding of core Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI principles, considerations, and applications.
  • Understanding of how to build data products and services, including project/product management, prototyping, and deployment lifecycles.
  • An interest in helping junior team members to successfully deliver their projects.
  • Professional experience in Data Science.
  • Minimum 2.2 bachelor’s or above in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Operational Research, Engineering, or related degree.



How to apply:

If you are interested to find out more about this opportunity, please apply via the link or contact Jasmine White at ARM Recruitment, and we will let you know if you have been shortlisted.

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