Data Scientist II

Data Scientist II
Cox Communications is looking for a recent graduate Data Scientist to join the Analytics Center of Excellence team. This role will be responsible for developing actionable insights and building advanced analytics solutions for Cox Communications' lines of businesses. The Data Scientist is required to have strong development, systems, and problem-solving skills to enable data-driven decision making. This position also requires the ability to work both independently and on a diverse team on all analytical projects, from data preparation and cleaning to formulating solutions, model development, model training and validation, implementation, visualization, and presentation of findings to stakeholders.
What You'll Do

• Identify, research, interpret, catalog, source, manipulate, and enrich Cox Communications' structured and unstructured data assets to facilitate effective analytics.
• Use foundational data science methodologies to identify relationships/drivers of key metrics to improve customer experience, network performance, proactive labor routing, quality of service or operating cost.
• Build and maintain processes and functionalities for analytics solution needs.
• Prepare documentation and visualizations.
• Keep up to date on new technologies, standards, and practices

What's In It For You
At Cox, we reward your hard work with meaningful benefits.
First, we offer a highly competitive compensation package (base salary + excellent commission plan rewarding strong performance), 401(k) with a generous company match, comprehensive healthcare, life, and disability benefits, plus numerous other benefits, including adoption assistance, pet insurance, and discounts on travel and cars!
We value people more than technology. That means you'll work within a culture and with a team that values your leadership, your experience, your contributions, and you - yes, you - as a person. We believe recognition is important, and Cox strives to celebrate those who help make us successful every day. We also encourage diversity and support inclusion; we want you to do you and feel comfortable doing so.
We also offer boundless opportunities for growth; you can sharpen your skills, learn a new talent, join a mentoring program, even earn an advanced degree. You'll find the potential for lateral or upward career growth within the Cox family businesses, including the innovative startups in transportation mobility, clean tech and more.
Who You Are
Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Analytics, Engineering, or related technical discipline and 2 years of related experience OR MS degree (Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Analytics, Engineering or related technical discipline) and 2 years of related experience

• Strong programming skills and ability to utilize a variety of software/languages/tools
• Familiarity with database technology such as Oracle, Hadoop/EMR, etc. Experience in cloud-based data environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with TensorFlow, Keras, Caffe, MXNet, Spark MLlib.
• Familiarity with Tableau, or functionally similar visualization tools.
• Understanding of the mathematical and computational concepts behind advanced analytics algorithms and/or statistical analysis.
• Strong communication skills. Ability to successfully comprehend and communicate business insights. Ability to work in a diverse team.

About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is the largest private telecom company in America, serving six million homes and businesses. That's a lot, but we also proudly serve our employees. Our benefits and our award-winning culture are just two of the things that make Cox a coveted place to work. If you're interested in bringing people closer through broadband, smart home tech and more, join Cox Communications today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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