Data Scientist With AWSClient: EMC Insurance Location: Des Moines, Iowa Visa: Any Rate: $ 82/hour C2C MAX Contract: 18 months VENDOR: COLBY/QCINeed a strong experienced Data Scientist who has extensive experience with AWS. Basic Qualifications:A Bachelor or Masters Degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent experience4+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling, data science and analysisPrevious experience in a data scientist role and a track record of building Client or DL modelsExperience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, EC2, Data Pipeline, & EMRAbility to develop experimental and analytic plans for data modeling processes, use of strong baselines, ability to accurately determine cause and effect relationsCombination of deep technical skills and business savvy enough to interface with all levels and disciplines within our customer's organizationDemonstrable track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environmentExperience diving into data to find hidden patterns. Able to write production level code, which is well-written and explainableExperience using Python and/or RExperience using Client libraries, such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr, mllibExperience in writing and tuning SQLExperience with SparkMLExperience working with GPUs to develop modelExperience handling terabyte size datasetExperience using data visualization toolsPreferred Qualifications:PhD in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.)Skills with programming languages, such as Java or C/C++