Lead Data Scientist - Analytics Application Architect

Company:

Cox Communications, Inc.

Job Family Group:

Data Intelligence & Science

Job Profile:

Lead Data Scientist

Management Level:

Manager - Non People Leader

Travel %:

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Job Description:

Cox Communications is seeking a Lead Data Scientist for the Analytics + Intelligence Team (A+I). This role will report to a Sr. Director of Analytics and will be responsible for architecture and development of analytics applications developed by the Operations & Technology Analytics team.

This role will play a central role in the ongoing design and development of key decision-making analytics applications that are deeply integrated into both customer facing and employee facing platforms throughout operations. This role will help set the pace for best practices in design, development, and testing by helping to establish policies in this space and leading by example.

What You'll Do

• Analytics Application Architecture: Identify or design repeatable patterns for implementing analytics application use cases.
  • Plan and document key logic paths, service architecture, and data stores for new use cases
  • Review of existing services for maintainability, scalability, and opportunities for complexity reduction
  • Design with a bias towards observability, reusability, testability, and scale
  • Design of test plans with a preference for automation where possible
• Development: Model the way for the team by using industry best practices for design, development, and testing. Make recommendations where needed for tools, services, and ways of working.

What's In It For You

At Cox, we reward your hard work with meaningful benefits.

First, we offer a highly competitive compensation package, 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 a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field (cloud infrastructure and platforms). The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience

• Strong programming skills and ability to utilize a variety of data/analytic/software languages and tools. (ex: Python, SQL, Docker, Java, etc.)
• Experience with both front-end and back-end application design and development.

• Strong communication skills. The ability to comprehend and communicate advanced technical topics to non-technical business partners.

• Experience with source version control software, like Git or Bitbucket, and CICD pipelines like Jenkins.

• Experience designing and implementing large-scale, high data or user volume solutions in cloud platforms such as Google, Microsoft, or Amazon.

Preferred

• Degree in computer science, engineering or closely related field.
• Knowledge and experience with AWS Services including Lambda, Step function, CloudWatch, EventBridge, EC2, EMR, RedShift, SQS, RDS, IAM, API Gateway.
• Experience within the telecommunications industry, cable industry or consulting.
• Experience with data visualization solutions and data visualization tools.
• Experience with microservice development (Docker, Kubernetes , etc.).
• Experience in automated test design and implementation
• Experience in data store selection for large-scale applications (high data volume and/or high read/write)

About Us:

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that's true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we're creating a world that is smarter and more connected. 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. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.