Develop and execute new and/or highly complex algorithms and statistical predictive models and determine analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate potential future outcomes. Establish analytical rigor and statistical methods to analyze large amount of data, using advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses. Manage analytical projects from data exploration, model building, performance evaluation, through implementation. Develop work plans and monitor progress and project timelines. Document coding and changes to work plans using established work group methods in GitHub. Interact with a multidisciplinary team of internal and external peers to regularly, effectively, and openly communicate progress and outcomes of planned work. Attend weekly team meetings to discuss team and project-related activities, issues, change, communications, and updates.

Preferred Education:  Three or more years of experience programming in R.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:  Three or more years of experience programming in R.

Posting Position Title:  Data Scientist 1

Required Skill/ability 3:  Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Work Week:  Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)

University Job Title:  Data Scientist 1 - YPCCC

Required Skill/ability 1:  Demonstrated ability with geospatial data and analysis using open-source tools (e.g. R, QGIS).

Required Skill/ability 2:  Demonstrated ability with additional tools and languages such as Google Earth Engine, Python, SQL, Tableau, and ArcGIS.

Master's Degree in computer science, applied/computational mathematics, engineering, biostatistics, statistics, or a quantitative field such as astronomy or geology, and 2 years of hands-on experience in deep learning or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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