Network Data Scientist

What you'll do:

You will work in a team of Network Planners, Developers and Data Scientists to support the development of modelling and analytics capabilities for planning Sky’s Mobile and Voice network infrastructure and to drive the network strategy.

This is a highly dynamic role that will allow you to grow multidisciplinary skills in the Data Science, Network Modelling and Cloud Development domains.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Data Engineering and Analysis

Ingest and process network and commercial data

Create regular and ad hoc reports

Communicate requirements to the software team

Network Modelling

Identify network capacity limits and network metrics

Create capacity and economic network models

Generate capacity and budget forecasts

Network Analytics

Apply data science methodologies to analyse and improve network performance and cost efficiency

Develop Insights to support commercial objectives and present analysis/plans to relevant stakeholders up to UK CTO

What you'll bring:

You will have good knowledge and experience (gained in the industry) in the data science area. Alternatively, you have industry network experience combined with good exposure to data analytics.

Essential requirements:

BSc in Maths, Statistics, Data Science (or similar)

Proven experience with managing and analysing time series data

Hands on programming skills in Python and SQL

Familiarity with Agile methodologies

Excellent presentation skills

Stakeholder management experience

Desirable requirements

PhD in Computer Science or similar

Experience capacity panning virtual appliances

Familiarity with large packet core and mobile networks

Working experience deploying solutions on public cloud

Team Overview:

The Network Software and Data Science team, part of Sky’s Engineering Division, takes a data-driven approach towards meeting network planning goals, including capacity planning, performance planning and network economics. We develop insights which reinforce planning decisions and support wider commercial objectives.