Lead Data Scienist
South West England / £700 - £800
INFO
£700 - £800
LOCATION
South West England
Contract
- £750 a day
- Inside IR35
- 5-days onsite
- South West England
- 6-month contract
- Python, SQL, GCP (BigQuery), Jupyter Notebooks.
The Company
A great opportunity to join a tech company in a recently set-up and growing team. You will join the business as a Lead Data Scientist scoping out the requirements and being hands-on with building and deploying models.
The Role and Responsibilities
The ideal Lead Data Scientist will be:
- Integral to the movement of data.
- Shaping the way the business uses and implements ML models.
- Have critical input into how we manage our data.
- Assist in the development of our cloud storage/usage - GCP.
Desired Skills and Experience
The ideal Lead Data Scientist will have a background in the following:
- Strong programming experience, ideally in Python.
- Experience with GCP concepts and related services (BigQuery).
- Experienced with building ML Models, predominantly using Jupyter Notebooks.
- Strong communication skills are a must to effectively present to senior stakeholders.
How To Apply
If you are a Senior/Lead Data Scientist and interested in this role, please apply by clicking the link below.
CONTACT
Maxim Leefe
Recruitment Consultant
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The Six Steps Of Data Governance | Harnham Recruitment post
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The value that data analysis can provide to organisations is becoming increasingly clear. But with all the buzz around the endless ways that data can be used to revolutionise your business processes, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Fundamentally, what you can do with your data and how useful it may be will hinge on its quality. This is the case no matter what data you may have, whether that be customer demographics or manufacturing inventories. High-quality data is also imperative for utilising exciting and innovative new technology such as Machine Learning and AI. It’s all very well investing in tech to harness your data assets to, for example, better inform decision making, but you won’t be able to glean any useful analysis if the data is full of gaps and inconsistencies. Many will be looking at this new tech and be tempted to run before they can walk. But building quality data sets and water-tight, long-lasting processes will form the foundation for any future developments and should not be overlooked. This is where Data Governance comes into its own.Data Governance (DG) is an effective step in improving your data and turning it into an invaluable asset. It has numerous definitions but according to Data Governance Institute (DGI), “Data Governance is the exercise of decision-making and authority for data-related matters.“Essentially DG is the process of managing data during its life cycle. It ensures the availability, useability, integrity and security of your data, based on internal data standards and policies that control data usage. Good data governance is critical to success and is becoming increasingly more so as organisations face new data privacy regulations and rely on data analytics to help optimise operations and drive business decision-making. As Ted Friedman from Gartner said: ‘Data is useful. High-quality, well-understood, auditable data is priceless.’Without DG, data inconsistencies in different systems across an organisation might not get resolved. This could complicate data integration efforts and create data integrity issues that affect the accuracy of business intelligence (BI) reporting and analytics applications.Data Governance programs can differ significantly, depending on their focus but they tend to follow a similar framework:Step 1: Define goals and understand the benefits The first step of developing a strategy should be to ensure that you have a comprehensive understanding of the process and what you would like the outcome to be.A strong Data Governance strategy relies on ‘buy in’ from everyone in the business. By stressing the importance of complying with the guidelines which you will later set, you will be helping to encourage broad participation and ensure that there is a concerted and collaborated effort to maintain high standards of data quality. Leaders must be able to comprehend the benefits themselves before communicating them to their team so it may be worth investing in training around the topic.Step 2: Analyse and assess the current dataThe next step is essentially sizing up the job at hand, to see where improvements might need to be made. Data should be assessed against multiple dimensions, such as the accuracy of key attributes, the completeness of all required attributes and timeliness of data. It may also be valuable to spend time analysing the root causes of inferior data quality.Sources of poor data quality can be broadly categorised into data entry, data processing, data integration, data conversion, and stale data (over time) but there may be other elements at play to be aware of.Step 3: Set out a roadmapYour data governance strategy will need a structure in which to function, which will also be key to measuring the progress and success of the program. Set clear, measurable, and specific goals – as the saying goes – you cannot control what you cannot measure. Plans should include timeframes, resources and any costs involved, as well as identifying the owners or custodians of data assets, the governance team, steering committee, and data stewards who will all be responsible for different elements. Including business leaders or owners in this step will ensure that programs remain business-centric.Step 4: Develop and plan the data governance programBuilding around the timeline outlined you can then drill down to the nitty-gritty. DG programs vary but usually include:Data mapping and classification – sorting data into systems and classifying them based on criteria.Business glossary – establishing a common set of definitions of business terms and concepts – helping to build a common vocabulary to ensure consistency.Data catalogue – collecting metadata and using it to create an indexed inventory of available data assets.Standardisation – developing polices, data standards and rules for data use to regulate proceduresStep 5: Implement the data governance programCommunicating the plan to your team may not be a one-step process and may require a long-term training schedule and regular check-ins. The important thing to realise is that DG is not a quick fix, it will take time to be implemented and fully embraced. It also may need tweaks as it goes along and as business objectives change. All DG strategies should start small and slowly build up over time – Rome wasn’t built in a day after all. Step 6: Close the loopArguably the most important part of the process is being able to track your progress and checking in at periodic intervals to ensure that the data is consistent with the business goals and meets the data rules specified. Communicating the status to all stakeholders regularly will also help to ensure that a data quality discipline is maintained throughout.Looking for your next big role in Data & Analytics or need to source exceptional talent? Take a look at our latest Data Governance jobs or get in touch with one of our expert consultants to find out more.
Data Engineer Or Software Engineer: What Does Your Business Need? | Harnham US Recruitment post
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We are in a time in which what we do with Data matters. Over the last few years, we have seen a rapid rise in the number of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers as businesses look to find deeper insights and improve their strategies. But, without proper access to the right Data that has been processed and massaged, Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers would be unable to do their job properly. So who are the people who work in the background and are responsible to make sure all of this works? The quick answer is Data Engineers!… or is it? In reality, there are two similar, yet different profiles who can help help a company achieve their Data-driven goals. Data Engineers When people think of Data Engineers, they think of people who make Data more accessible to others within an organization. Their responsibility is to make sure the end user of the Data, whether it be an Analyst, Data Scientist, or an executive, can get accurate Data from which the business can make insightful decisions. They are experts when it comes to data modeling, often working with SQL. Frequently, “modern” Data Engineers work with a number of tools including Spark, Kafka, and AWS (or any cloud provider), whilst some newer Databases/Data Warehouses include Mongo DB and Snowflake. Companies are choosing to leverage these technologies and update their stack because it allows Data teams to move at a much faster pace and be able to deliver results to their stakeholders. An enterprise looking for a Data Engineer will need someone to focus more on their Data Warehouse and utilize their strong knowledge of querying information, whilst constantly working to ingest/process Data. Data Engineers also focus more on Data Flow and knowing how each Data sets works in collaboration with one another. Software Engineers – DataSimilar to a Data Engineers, Software Engineers – Data ( who I will refer to as Software Data Engineers in this article) also build out Data Pipelines. These individuals might go by different names like Platform or Infrastructure Engineer. They have to be good with SQL and Data Modeling, working with similar technologies such as Spark, AWS, and Hadoop. What separates Software Data Engineers from Data Engineers is the necessity to look at things from a macro-level. They are responsible for building out the cluster manager and scheduler, the distributed cluster system, and implementing code to make things function faster and more efficiently. Software Data Engineers are also better programers. Frequently, they will work in Python, Java, Scala, and more recently, Golang. They also work with DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, or some sort of CI/CD tool like Jenkins. These skills are critical as Software Data Engineers are constantly testing and deploying new services to make systems more efficient. This is important to understand, especially when incorporating Data Science and Machine Learning teams. If Data Scientists or Machine Learning Engineers do not have a strong Software Engineers in place to build their platforms, the models they build won’t be fully maximized. They also have to be able to scale out systems as their platform grows in order to handle more Data, while finding ways to make improvements. Software Data Engineers will also be looking to work with Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers in order to understand the prerequisites of what is needed to support a Machine Learning model. Which is right for your business? If you are looking for someone who can focus extensively on pulling Data from a Data source or API, before transforming or “massaging” the Data, and then moving it elsewhere, then you are looking for a Data Engineer. Quality Data Engineers will be really good at querying Data and Data Modeling and will also be good at working with Data Warehouses and using visualization tools like Tableau or Looker. If you need someone who can wear multiple hats and build highly scalable and distributed systems, you are looking for a Software Data Engineer. It’s more common to see this role in smaller companies and teams, since Hiring Managers often need someone who can do multiple tasks due to budget constraints and the need for a leaner team. They will also be better coders and have some experience working with DevOps tools. Although they might be able to do more than a Data Engineer, Software Data Engineers may not be as strong when it comes to the nitty gritty parts of Data Engineering, in particular querying Data and working within a Data Warehouse. It is always a challenge knowing which type of job to recruit for. It is not uncommon to see job posts where companies advertise that they are looking for a Data Engineer, but in reality are looking for a Software Data Engineer or Machine Learning Platform Engineer. In order to bring the right candidates to your door, it is crucial to have an understanding of what responsibilities you are looking to be fulfilled.That’s not to say a Data Engineer can’t work with Docker or Kubernetes. Engineers are working in a time where they need to become proficient with multiple tools and be constantly honing their skills to keep up with the competition. However, it is this demand to keep up with the latest tech trends and choices that makes finding the right candidate difficult. Hiring Managers need to identify which skills are essential for the role from the start, and which can be easily picked up on the job. Hiring teams should focus on an individual’s past experience and the projects they have worked on, rather than looking at their previous job titles. If you’re looking to hire a Data Engineer or a Software Data Engineer, or to find a new role in this area, we may be able to help. Take a look at our latest opportunities or get in touch if you have any questions.
Get Your Data Strategy Ready For The Metaverse | Harnham Recruitment post
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The metaverse has the power to revolutionise how businesses operate, and with the amount of data that will be produced increasingly rapidly – set to reach 160 zettabytes by 2025, businesses will have even more data that will require processing and analysing.
Bloomberg estimates that the metaverse market may grow to $800 billion by 2024.For some, the metaverse offers up a whole world of possibilities for expansion and growth – for others the whole concept is still abstract. Either way, organisations should use this new development as a good excuse ensure best practise is being implemented for their data processes.
As with any emerging technology, the value to be gained will boil down to preparation and having a realistic understanding of what capabilities it will bring to your business. So, what strategies can organisations put in place to maximise their data science capabilities in this new, virtual world?
Preparing for a whole new world
This new blended physical and virtual world will continue to be powered by and generate swathes of data. By 2032, it is estimated that the metaverses alone will have increased our current data usage by 20 times. Accompanying the Metaverse will be a ‘dataverse’ made up of the personal universe of unique data that each person will carry around with them to make their virtual world function.
This will have far reaching implications both for the processing of this data but also around the increased regulation that will be required. As a first port of call, organisations should ensure they have a cloud data platform that can collect and process internal and third-party data with a single point of access, to reduce the time it takes to search for insights.
According to Technative the model must be able to process structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, while also breaking down data silos and unifying insights to learn from the metaverse and help predict future outcomes.
Evaluating current capabilities
Many will be regarding the Metaverse as a huge opportunity to harness real-time data to improve their offering and better inform decision making – whether that be in regard to customer or business insights – and will be assuming only positive consequences for their business strategies and overall competitiveness. 89 per cent of IT and technology industry leaders across the US and UK, consider that data generated by the metaverse will either be very important (55 per cent) or quite important (35 per cent) for their business operations.
AI such as machine learning, will continue to be the key to facilitating these insights – providing efficient and automated ways to interpret real-time data and gain actionable results that can be translated into better informed decisions.Those already adept at using these technologies should not however assume that their current processes will hold up in this new world. The vastness and complexity of the data may require investment in more sophisticated machine learning algorithms and increased data capture processes, not to mention the talent to implement them.
A time to tighten processes
Currently, numerous organisations do not have strategies in place to maximise their data science capabilities, limiting their ability to truly understand the data they have about their company or their customers. The emergence of a new technology provides a unique opportunity to evaluate current data strategies and the usefulness of the data they gather.
Data Science teams should spend this time reflecting on any of the current downfalls they are seeing in their strategy and implementing change based on these lessons so they can effectively prepare for the future. Increased regulation is likely to play a large part in the preparations which will need to be made.
Looking at other recent innovations, such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and the issues they faced when it came to regulation can give businesses a good idea around the potential future implications. 60 per cent of all IT and technology leaders planning to integrate business operations within the metaverse are worried about ‘data’ and ‘security’.
These concerns demonstrate the need for unified metaverse standards and practices as well as a code of conduct for collecting different types of data. As a result, we can expect to see regulations being brought in swiftly around the metaverse to ensure businesses are complying and processing data in the appropriate way and are not harming the overall data ecosystem.
An increasing demand for talent
The sheer scale of data sources and siloed data will throw up certain challenges and put a spotlight on those with data analysis and processing skillsets. The regulations that will follow are also likely to further stimulate the data and risk analytics job market.
As automation rises, positions in data analysis are quickly morphing from a data collection exercise into much more business advisory role, which puts more emphasis on the ability of candidates to communicate the implications of the analysis and explain to business leaders how it might impact business decisions.And, as ever, despite increased automation, software and machine-based data processes can only do so much – there will always a certain degree of human intervention required.
The implications on the job market will come several-fold. We are likely to see a vast increase in available roles centred around areas such as compliance and quality, analysis and interpretation, as well as overarching strategic positions that consider the implications of new technology and monitor how processes intersect.
The metaverse provides endless possibilities for business operations but only if the correct infrastructures are in place. Organisations must not rest on their laurels and assume that these large swathes of data will automatically improve their insights and success. As ever, quality results rely on quality data, effective processes and evolving strategies.
Looking for your next big role in shaping the metaverse or need to source exceptional talent? Take a look at our latest Digital Analytics jobs or get in touch with one of our expert consultants to find out more.
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