NITA Data Scientist Jobs in Uganda
NITA Data Scientist Jobs in Uganda
Key AccountabilitiesDevelop predictive and descriptive models using machine learning, advanced statistical, optimization, and big data techniques including: multivariate, regression, decision trees/classification, and time series
Assist in identifying critical questions to be answered and contribute to developing analytics-driven solutions and KPIs to enable more effective decision making
Conduct analysis and data modeling to draw insights that drive critical decision-making and uncover patterns in e-Government services usage and other ICT indicators.
Create various machine learning-based tools or processes within NITA-U and for MDA entities, such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems.
Interacting with business stakeholders across departments to define project requirements, test prototypes, and communicate results
Perform data mining and carry out statistical analysis on data collected from various MDA and NITA-U systems
Research, evaluate, and recommend systems/equipment/technologies based on client needs for the Data.
Run reports to be utilized for planning in government
Utilize practices and tools for data extraction, queries, and data manipulation in accordance with business processes in government
Work with Government integration platform to produce data for analytics, dashboard and reports
Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
Work with the Data Centre
team to set up big data processing platforms and data pipelines for both batch and online data analysis.
Position Requirements
Education
Minimum qualification of Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or a similar field from a recognized university;
Experience
Three years’ experience in data science/analytics in a large organization.
Technical Expertise
Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms for both supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
Experience with common data science tools such as Python, NumPy, MATLAB, R, or SAS.
Experience with data visualization tools, such as D3.js, ggplot, Seaborn, etc.
Ability to develop models on amazon web services or other cloud platform
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; NITA Data Scientist Jobs in Uganda
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