Intelsat
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Principal Data Scientist

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Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including Vets and Disabled
Your role in helping us shape the future:
Join our dynamic and innovative team of Data Management professionals who specialize in designing and delivering solutions to enable big data analytics which support the growth and performance of our inflight connected experience under Intelsat's Commercial Aviation (Gogo) division.
You will play a vital role in leading and managing the data science portfolio infrastructure and roadmap including development of modeling solutions that support Gogo's growth and strategic priorities. You will function as the primary point of contact for data science initiatives partnering with the business to identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency increase revenue and reduce cost. You will collaborate with Data Architecture Data Engineering and Operations on productionalization of data to support models and decision systems. You are assertive and inquisitive in your journey to understand business objectives that can be fulfilled using advanced analytics and predictive modeling solutions.
Are you up to the challenge?

  • Performs research and deep analysis on complex topics to drive value to the business (reduce cost increase revenue) and/or related to the support of business operations.
  • Conducts exploratory data analysis and highly complex designs algorithm.
  • Designs experiments tests hypotheses validates analysis identifies/creates appropriate algorithm and builds and deploys models.
  • Applies advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques to build maintain and improve on multiple real-time/near real-time decision systems.
  • Leads discovery processes with institute stakeholders to identify business requirements and the expected outcome.
  • Makes strategic recommendations on data collection integration and retention requirements incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices.
  • Develops innovative and effective approaches to solve analytical problems and communicates results and methodologies; works in iterative processes with client and regularly validates findings.
  • Uses a vast amount of programming tools / scripting languages to innovate and design new machine learning prototypes and solutions.
  • Provides on-going tracking and performance monitoring of decision systems and/or models pipelines/processors business rules notifications and articulating overall functionality needed by the business.
  • Designs and builds self-service dashboards using a mixture of analytical and visualization techniques to derive actionable insight from the data to influence decision-making.
  • Educates the business on methodologies and approaches (hypothesis testing) statistical validation of results and model interpretability.
  • Researches and maintains knowledge in emerging technologies and offers recommendations on the application to the business.


Can you drive these processes?

  • Manage the data science portfolio and develop advanced analytics roadmap which supports Intelsat-Gogo CA's strategic priorities.
  • Architect develop and deploy AI/ML/DL solutions that can be integrated into business systems and/or applications to improve decisions and outcomes.
  • Own execution and delivery of advanced analytic projects including demos/tooling for end-users; provide regular releases to validate systems and iterate to improve benefits.
  • Partner with business units to understand and assess new data sources (unstructured semi-structured and structured) to improve existing capabilities and trigger new analytic solutions.
  • Work collaboratively with a diverse team of developers in an agile environment providing critical input to support data required for decision systems and modeling solutions.
  • Manage 2-3 data scientists and provide necessary direction to accomplish tasks to support EDA data engineering modeling QA and performance monitoring.


You should definitely have:

  • Masters or PhD in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science Mathematics Statistics ML/AI Engineering Econometrics or equivalent).
  • 7-10 years experience and high proficiency in data acquisition and manipulation of large datasets using databases in multiple environments.
  • 7-10 years experiene and high proficiency in Big Data programming languages.
  • High proficiency in the use of statistical packages.
  • Advanced experience and deep fundamental knowledge of supervised unsupervised reinforcement learning machine learning algorithms such as classifiers cluster analysis dimension reduction regression ANN CNN RNN Gradient Boosting Random Forests Bayesian Inference NLP/NLU etc. predictive and optimization modeling.
  • Proficiency in Python Spark and SQL.
  • Experience with model explainability and interpretability techniques.
  • Experience with cloud-based platforms and big data technologies Hadoop Apache Spark MapReduce S3.
  • Experience with Tableau or equivalent data visualization tools.
  • Strong organization and planning skills and results-oriented mindset (driving to deadlines targets project goals).
  • Ability to articulate translate and present value of AI/ML solutions to senior leaders (VP and higher) to solve problems.


  • These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
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What are Intelsat Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

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