Data Scientist

Job no: 525474
Work type: Administrative & Professional
Senior management: Executive VP & Provost
Department: Analytics & Institutional Effective
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
Categories: Data Analytics / Security

Job Description:

Job Duties:

Design, develop, and operationalize quantitative solutions that provide actionable insights required for institutional decision making (30%).

Drive the collection of new data and refine, process, and integrate existing data sources (25%).

Perform data analysis, develop insights, and effectively communicate the results to the stakeholders (25%).

Develop a deep expertise in data and processes related to Graduate education and serve as a data liaison for the Graduate School (20%).

Criminal conviction check required.

Required Education/Experience: Master’s degree in Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field plus 1 year of work experience in any related occupation. Part-time experience will be accepted.

Licenses/Certification: N/A

Required Special Skills: One year of experience with: statistical modeling; Python; R; SAS; Matplotlib; Plot.ly; ggplot2; higher education environment

Offered salary starts at: $83,975