Senior Data Scientist
HumanaAbout the role
Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
For this Senior Data Scientist role, we’re looking for someone with data science and machine learning experience who likes the challenge of breaking new ground. You'll have an opportunity to leverage advanced data science techniques to discover dormant issues, influence operational procedures/policies, and generate enterprise-wide solutions. You’ll collaborate with the team to help break down barriers and assist in bringing new data science solutions to the enterprise. The Senior Data Scientist uses mathematics, statistics, modeling, business analysis, and technology to transform high volumes of complex data into advanced analytic solutions. The Senior Data Scientist work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Come join our Fortune #40, Best Places to Work company and help us make a difference as we help our members achieve their best health!
The Senior Data Scientist:
Develops, maintains, and collects structured and unstructured data sets for analysis and reporting.
Creates reports, projections, models, and presentations to support business strategy and tactics.
Begins to influence department’s strategy.
Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction.
Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
Major Enterprise Projects that you’ll be working on:
Automated Change Quality Review
Workforce Management Demand Management
New Hire Experiences
Incident Routing and Classifications
Knowledge Management
AI Chatbot Modeling
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of technical experience OR Master's Degree and 3 years of technical experience
Cloud Certification within one of the following:
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Databricks Certified: Machine Learning Professional
Databricks Certified: Data Engineer Associate
3 years of coding experience within Python/PySpark, and SparkSQL/SQL. (Coding examples will be requested during interview process)
2 years of AIOps experience – Automating (MLP, Deep Learning, or LLM Models) via cloud data engineering pipelines within Azure Synapse and Databricks.
2 years of experience in big data processing, data discovery, rapid prototyping, model lifecycle management, model deployment, and solution and data monitoring.
2 years of experience working with APIs, managing source control code/tooling, and managing python packages.
2 years of experience with prompt engineering and hyperparameter tuning.
Experience with assignments that involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Experience in creating reports, projections, models, and presentations to support business.
Capable of making decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations.
Preferred Qualifications
ServiceNow experience
AI Chatbot development
Power Platform experience (Power Apps, Power BI)
PhD
Additional Information
Location/Work Style: Remote US
Why Humana?
At Humana, we know your well-being is important to you, and it’s important to us too. That’s why we’re committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life. Just to name a few:
Work-Life Balance
Generous PTO package
Health benefits effective day 1
Annual Incentive Plan
401K - Excellent company match
Well-being program
Paid Volunteer Time Off
If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.
Work at Home Guidance
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