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Data Scientist (Public Sector)

IBM
Manchester
6 days ago
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Introduction

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK. You will work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here.


We Offer

  • Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
  • Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
  • Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
  • Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
  • A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
  • Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
  • Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
  • More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your Role and Responsibilities

  • Support the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions using cutting-edge technologies, with a strong focus on foundation models and large language models
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and define cognitive computing strategies
  • Contribute to exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model selection for both structured and unstructured data
  • Gain experience with tools like Github Copilot and Amazon Code Whisperer
  • Participate in the full AI project lifecycle, from research and prototyping to deployment and ongoing maintenance

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Strong Python experience
  • Experience of working with Generative AI AI frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
  • Knowledge of cloud services - ideally AWS and/or Azure
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Ideally have experience working in public sector Foundational knowledge of data science principles and AI techniques
  • Basic understanding of foundation models and large language models
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to work independently and learn from senior team members

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

  • Basic experience with generative AI models
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Understanding of modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React.js, Ember.js, Bootstrap, JQuery)
  • Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB)

Equal Opportunity Statement

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.


Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level


Employment Type

Full-time


Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology


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