Data Engineer - Metairie, United States - Kuraray America , Inc.

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    Inclusively is partnering with a professional sports team to hire a Data Engineer.

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    What you will be doing:
    Engage and collaborate with business analysts to find opportunities, understand requirements, and translate requirements into technical data science solutions
    Design, engineer and maintain analytical tools and models using statistical or data science approach, apply tried-and-true techniques, and develop custom algorithms as needed by the business problem
    Collaborate with data scientists and business analysts to design, test and implement robust automated and/or batch machine learning solutions
    Build and maintain data sources and ETL/ELT processes across business operations, such as social media data, digital and text message data, live traffic data, weather data,

    Help ensure database integrity by building and maintaining resilient data processes, and assist with architecting data storage solutions to efficiently store and retrieve information.

    Collaborate with business analysts to ensure operational and business metric health by monitoring key decision points, and provide actionable insights instantaneously to business analysts and key business decision makers
    Execute data mining and investigate adversarial trends, identify behavior patterns, and respond with agile logic changes
    Communicate results of analyses to business analysts, managers and executives
    Research new technologies and methods across data science, data engineering, and data visualization to improve the technical capabilities of the team
    Other projects and duties as assigned

    What you'll bring:
    Bachelor's degree in in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, or a related field with focus on computer science, data science, or programming
    Strong Microsoft SQL programming and administration skills along with an understanding of database design and data collection methodology, including the underlying relational and dimensional data models
    Experience in building modern ETL/ELT processes (preferably in Python) to centralize and organize data, and strong understanding of XML and JSON file structures
    Understanding of how to utilize cloud based solutions such as those offered by Snowflake and MicrosoftAzure
    3-5 years' experience applying data science to real business problems
    Minimum 3 years practical experience and ability to implement data science pipelines and applications in a general programming language such as Python
    Minimum 3 years practical experience and knowledge of relational databases, such as SQL
    Minimum 3 years practical experience and knowledge of data visualization tools, such as Tableau
    Knowledge of modern data engineering frameworks, such as dbt
    A knowledge of, and passion for finding, the newest and most innovative engineering techniques—the type of programmer who loves refactoring and reading about new frameworks
    Understanding of algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
    Ability to handle high pressure situations while still being attentive to the detail and excellent work product required
    Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive/confidential situations and information
    Ability to comprehend and debug complex systems integrations
    Ability to extract meaningful business insights from data and identify the stories behind the patterns
    Excellent communication and organization skills, distilling complex analysis and concepts into concise business-focused takeaways
    Creativity to engineer novel features and signals, and to push beyond current tools and approaches
    Highly analytical person with strong problem-solving and self-directed learning skills, and exceptional attention to detail
    Highly self-motivated individual with excellent teamwork spirit
    Experience within the sports industry is not required, but is a plus
    Submitting a business case study from your past working experience is highly recommended

    Working Conditions:
    Typical office environment
    Must be able to sit and work at a computer 80% of the day
    Working schedule/hours will ebb and flow with NFL/NBA schedule, and will include working some late hours, holidays, nights, and weekends

    What we offer:
    Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance options
    401K with employer contributions
    Paid parental leave
    PTO and paid holidays
    Wellness Program

    Job Type:
    Full-time


    Benefits:
    401(k)
    Dental insurance
    Health insurance
    Paid time off
    Vision insurance

    Schedule:
    Monday to Friday

    Work Location:
    In person

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