Data Scientist

Role – Risk Data scientist

Location – Kuala Lumpur

Duration – Permanent under MSP Hitect

End client – Financial domain

Who Are We Looking For

We look for big thinkers. People who can drive positive change, step up and show what's next – people with passion, can-do attitude and a hunger to learn and grow. In practice this means :

• Ability to manipulate and analyse large and complex data sets coming from internal and external sources
• Data-driven and outcome-focused; able to tell stories using data
• Takes personal ownership; self-starter; ability to drive projects
• Result oriented and diligent
• Learns continuously; seeks out knowledge, ideas and feedback
• Good communication skills for interacting effectively with both business and technical development teams
• Good knowledge of BI systems and an ability to take feed-back with users and coordinate with them for improving the layout and functionalities of your system
• Master of Sciences degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Data Science, Quantitative marketing, Econometrics, Quantitative finance or similar)
• Very good knowledge of data manipulation and analysis using SQL BI systems or python.
• Excellent understanding of relational model for database management and data modelling principles (conceptual / logical data models)
• Good knowledge of either R, Python, SAS or similar statistical software
• Knowledge of either JavaScript is a plus