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Accenture

Life Sciences - Data Engineering Consultant

Boston, MA

We Are:
Applied Intelligence, the people who love using data to tell a story. We're also the world's largest team of data scientists, data engineers, and experts in machine learning and AI. A great day for us Solving big problems using the latest tech, serious brain power, and deep knowledge of just about every industry. We believe a mix of data, analytics, automation, and responsible AI can do almost anything-spark digital metamorphoses, widen the range of what humans can do, and breathe life into smart products and services. Want to join our crew of sharp analytical minds Visit us here to find out more about Applied Intelligence.

You Are:
A Data Science pro-someone who thrives in a team setting where you can use your creative and analytical prowess to obliterate problems. You're passionate about digital technology, and you take pride in making a tangible difference. You have communication and people skills in spades, along with strong leadership chops. Complex issues don't faze you thanks to your razor-sharp critical thinking skills. Working in an information systems environment makes you more than happy.

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The Work:
- Excellent understanding of Life Sciences Industry/Domain
- Working with one of the sub-industries within Life Sciences - Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Technology, Generics, Distribution, and Consumer Healthcare
- Understanding of the data sets within these sub-industries - example: commercial, point of sales, clinical, claims data etc.
- Deliver data and BI/analytics driven engagements
- Creating solutions around one or more of the below areas- Analytics strategy (roadmap, maturity assessment)
- Commercial Analytics
- Patient Analytics
- Payer or Provider Analytics
- Digital Marketing Analytics

- Analytics enablement (dash-boarding, tool development)
- People and project management
- Actively engage in knowledge learning, sharing and storing. Steep learning curve and adapting to new client situations quickly and work under a competitive environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to influence and lead others
- Adhere to the firm's standards on ethics, code of conduct and value

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Qualifications

Here's What You Need:
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Technical Science, or equivalent (minimum 12 years) experience programming and building large-scale data or analytics solutions operating in production environments
- Minimum of 2 years' experience designing and implementing large-scale data pipelines for data curation, feature engineering, and machine learning, using Spark in combination with pySpark, Java, Scala, or Python
- Minimum of 1 years' experience designing and building performant data tiers, or refactoring existing ones, that supports scaled AI and Analytics, using different Cloud-native data stores on AWS, Azure, and Google (such as Redshift, S3, Big Query, or SQLDW), as well as using NoSQL and Graph Stores
- Minimum of 1 years' experience designing and building streaming data ingestion, analysis, and processing pipelines using Kafka, Kafka Streams, Spark Streaming, and similar cloud-native technologies, experience in performance engineering, profiling and debugging very large Big Data and machine learning production solutions on Spark and Cloud-native technologies

Bonus Points if:
- You have experience designing and building secured and governed Big Data ETL pipelines, using Talend or Informatica technologies for data curation and analysis of large production deployed solutions
- You have experience designing and implementing large-scale data warehousing and analytics solutions working with RDBMS (such as Oracle, Teradata, DB2, Netezza, SAS), and grasping the challenges and limitations of these traditional solutions, familiar with implementing smart data preparation tools such as Palate, Trifacta, or Tamr for enhancing analytics solutions.
- You've got experience working with Databricks, SageMaker, and other Cloud-native tools and building Business Data Catalogs or Data Marketplaces for powering business analytics using technologies such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica, or custom solutions

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Job ID: AccentureInc-00935446
Employment Type: Other