Senior Business Analyst - Analytics & Insights - Opportunity

Company: VMware
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Senior Business Analyst - Analytics & Insights - Opportunity for Working Remotely

• Yes
• Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wichita, Kansas; Lincoln, Nebraska; Pierre, South Dakota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Miami, Florida; Juneau, Alaska; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Boise, Idaho; Houston, Texas; Seattle, Washington; Des Moines, Iowa; Honolulu, Hawaii; Reno, Nevada; Helena, Montana; Palo Alto, California; Austin, Texas; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; Little Rock, Arkansas; Dallas, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Charleston, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kansas City, Missouri; Toronto, Canada; Charleston, West Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana
• Data Science
• R2102370 Job Description
  • This role is fully remote and can be done anywhere in the US or Canada.The Analytics & Insights team is seeking an analyst/data scientist who loves working on complex problems and getting things done. The ideal candidate combines excellent business acumen and communication skills with outstanding analytical skills. If you are detail-oriented, enjoy solving complex data challenges, and are passionate about data, we want to hear from you. As a Business Data Scientist, you will work with data analysts, managers and engineers to: resolve ambiguity with data, play a crucial role in the iteration and optimization of software solutions, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization. You'll be working directly with an experienced (and fun) team of brilliant people in a dynamic environment to grow a new business that is revolutionizing the cloud computing world.
    --Responsibilities:The Candidate would be tasked with solving a real-life business problem that requires processing/analyzing TBs of data and handling variety of data sources to drive business optimization & transformation across the Products & Cloud Services Organization.
    Define & develop business analytics strategy to help enable Products & Cloud transformation strategies and improve operational efficiencies across organizations.
    Solve gnarly business issues, drive real-time decision-making, champion impactful predictive modeling using business expertise, data understanding, and analytic experience.
    Maintain a strong external focus within the data sciences and business intelligence/analytics space to keep current of industry leading practices and advances in the data analytics arena.
    Technical Skills:
    • Overall 5+ years of experience in advanced analytics and leading/mentoring team members
    • Proven ability to "Tell a Story" through data and communicate effectively with senior leadership; mastery of advanced visualization techniques with an ability to translate findings for a general business audience.
    • Proficient in either R/Python and SQL with minimum 2-3 years of hands on experience
    • Strong conceptual understanding of machine learning algorithms including linear & logistic regression, decision tree, random forest, topic models etc.
    • Ability to work and execute projects on both structured and unstructured data in a big data environment
    • Experience of end to end implementation of predictive analytics projects for at least 1-3 years
    • Recommended exposure to text analytics, web scraping, big data technologies and graph databases would be highly desirable
    • Exposure to visualization tools and enjoys being the "trusted advisor" to the Business leveraging data, analytics/ML and story telling
    • Ability to work across geographies and interact with global stakeholdersPreferred Skills:
      • Good understanding of API connections and data pipelining
      • Knowledge with Natural Language Processing
      • Prior experience working in Agile methodologies/JIRA would be a plus
        What we are looking for:
        • BS/BE in Computer Sciences, Math, Statistics or related field. MBA preferred.
        • Proficient in SQL and experience with efficient processing of large data sets. Ability to write sophisticated and optimized queries against large databases
        • Proficient in data visualization tools such as Mode Analytics or Tableau
        • Experience in statistical computing with Python/R
        • Ability to handle several concurrent activities with strong organizational skills and attention to detail"This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsored by VMware."--
          Category : Engineering and Technology
          Subcategory: Data Science
          Experience: Manager and Professional
          Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
          Posted Date: 2021-02-11
          
          VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at http://careers.vmware.com.
          
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