Alstom / recrute
Data Scientist– Madrid, Spain
The future of transportation is already here. Alstom, with recorded sales of 7.3 billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year, is the world leader in integrated transport systems and continues to push the boundaries of innovation & digital solutions for transportation systems and e-mobility. We are at the forefront of providing sustainable modes of transport with the largest range of rail solutions in the market. Headquartered in France, we are present in over 60 countries and today employ 32,800 people worldwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.alstom.com/
Introduction:
Alstom Spain employs around 2,000 people in 19 work sites, making it the second largest Spanish employer in the sector. Alstom is a company committed to diversity. Alstom has one of the most advanced rolling stock production centers in Europe in Barcelona, with the capacity to manufacture all types of trains, from trams, subways, long distance and high speed. The Alstom Industrial Center in Santa Perpètua (Barcelona) produces trains for the Spanish and international markets.
The railway infrastructures unit provides customers with solutions and turnkey projects for the execution of the works associated with the railway lines: track installation, electrification systems, maintenance workshops, electromechanical and tunnel safety systems, etc.
Position Overview:
The purpose of the job is to develop data analytics with the intention of validating solutions through “proof of concept” and “proof of value” phases in cooperation with Alstom customers and partners. You will apply and advise on state-of-the-art advanced analytic and quantitative tools and modelling techniques to derive business insights, solve complex business problems and improve decisions.
Reporting to TIS Business Incubation Director and dotted line reporting to DC Metier Director,the role will review, support and advice on the day-to-day analytics requirements of Business areas key operational processes while continually
Responsibilities:
- Develop advanced analytics models to optimize underlying business problems and innovate within the given scenarios
- Identify solutions to reveal insights through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques
- Cooperate with the incubation team to complete the definition of data storage, analytic and visualization architecture
- Identify relevant data and deploy innovative data collection processes
- Support to strategy and marketing teams in communicating the value of the solution
- Contribute to Transport Information Solution Innovation network through continuous proposals on new business opportunities
Skills and Education:
Essential: you should come with a strong background on applied mathematics, statistics and learning algorithms is required for this role, with strong coding skills on big data environments.
- You should come with experience in quantitative and qualitative analytics with strong programming skills (Java/Python/R/Scala) mainly focused on Big Data platforms.
- Proficiency in the use of statistical packages for data mining, predictive multivariate analytics, optimization and learning is a must for this role.
- You should come with some experience in SQL language and also with knowledge on ETL processes and how to implement them using industry standard tools or programming languages.
- Professional experience in Big Data ecosystems on premise or cloud. Theoretical knowledge won’t be considered.
- Having experience with relational and non-relational databases or expertise with visualization tools (Tableau, QlikView, PowerBI, Grarafana, Kibana,…) or libraries (highcharts, D3js,… ) will be of great value.
- English is a must, French will be appreciated
Behavioural and Non-Technical Skills.
- Rigorous, meticulous with the processes and results oriented.
- Self-taught and resourceful to overcome technical or analytical obstacles
- Aware of the value of documenting everything
- Team player that enjoys working on international teams
- Must have strong motivational skills
- Must be able to establish positive relationship with other companies to ensure maximum success for Alstom.
The job will be located in Madrid, Spain.