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Data Scientist
Equifax
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Equifax is a market leader in providing total information solutions to businesses and consumers. Our products and services help companies minimize their financial risk and maximize growth opportunities while enabling consumers to better protect and manage their financial health. The foundation of Equifax is its talented, dedicated employees. We accomplish our goals by drawing upon the experience, energy and teamwork of our employees, who consistently drive success by anticipating change and executing with confidence and passion.
Data and Analytics, the advanced analytical division of Equifax, offers state of the art solutions to current and emerging business challenges. Through our data analytics, customer insights, predictive modeling, and consulting services, we deliver the analytics and insights companies need to stay ahead. Our US Information Services team is seeking a recent college graduate for a data scientist position to construct best in class analytical solutions and business insights for Equifax. This person will work with project leads to leverage Equifax’s unique data assets and cutting edge technologies, like our Hadoop analytics platform to solve business problems for Equifax and our customers.
Position Description
• Perform analyses and create risk and marketing solutions for Equifax customers
• Conduct statistical analysis under the supervision of a manager-level analyst
• Extract and process data from multiple sources and platforms as required for analytical projects
• Perform business/marketing intelligence analysis, score development, and score validations
• Generate ways to solve analytical problems creatively and efficiently; review with manager-level analyst
• Ensure quality deliverables for all work performed by checking process followed and thinking through the output to ensure it makes business sense
• Perform audits surrounding implementation of products and analytic solutions
• Perform QA analysis on solutions developed by other statisticians
• Create business intelligence visualizations of insights for customers and of data asset summaries for data quality assessments
Position Description
• Undergraduate degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or other quantitative discipline - Master’s degree a plus
• 1-2 years coursework and/or experience with advanced data mining algorithms such as machine learning, and logistic/linear regression solutions
• Experience or coursework with ingesting, analyzing and summarizing large data sets
• Experience or coursework in code development in SQL, Python, Hive, Impala, R or SAS
• Experience operating in a Unix/Linux operating system and with Hadoop or other database technologies
• Experience with data visualization software (e.g., Spotfire, Tableau) a plus
• Extensive experience utilizing Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong communication skills necessary – ability to explain methodologies and results to business partners
Primary Location:USA-Atlanta-One-Atlantic-Center
Function:Function - Data and Analytics
Schedule:Full time