Data Science
Roles / Career RoadMap / Training
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Data Science is a Team Sport
Information Architect
Data Engineer
Data scientist
Data engineers are often
tasked with laying the
groundwork for a data
analyst or data scientist to
easily retrieve the data
needed for their evaluations
and experiments.
Data scientist is to look for
hidden
patterns.
They
accomplish this by applying
advanced analytics techniques
including (but not limited to)
machine learning, modeling,
statistics and visualization.
Business Analyst
The business analyst,
sometimes referred to as
the citizen analyst, provides
business level expertise
and guidance to the data
science teams. Their
responsibility is to apply
domain knowledge and
make data informed
decisions.
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An Architect is an expert
who makes high-level design
choices and dictates
technical standards,
including software coding
standards, tools, and
platforms.
Developer
Developers bring
consumability to data
science, allowing internal
and external stakeholders
to take advantage of data
and analytics in their dayto-day work.
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Data Science - Critical Skills across Roles
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Director
Career Roadmap
Associate
Senior
Associate
Associate
Director
Data Analytics Director
Director Data Engineering
Data Science Director
Principal Data Engineer
Principal Data Scientist
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Scientist
Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Associate Data Engineer
Associate Data Scientist
Data Analytics AD
Data Analytics Principal
Sr Data Analyst II
Sr Data Analyst I
Analyst I
Analyst II
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Training & Career Growth
1. Gain Knowledge in relevant area
2. Apply knowledge of
relevant area
3. Showcase your
knowledge
Applied Expertise
Knowledge Sharing
Project 1
Data Visualization
• Mentoring
• Training
• Social Media Impact
• Technical Papers
• Patents
Skill Development Framework
Skills Development
Conceptual Knowledge
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Mathematics
Statistics
Algorithms
Visualization
Machine Learning
Project 2
Classification Model
4. Broaden your knowledge
External
Certifications
Tools Knowledge
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R / Python
Hadoop / Spark
SQL / MongoDB
Tableau/WA/Kibana
Project 3
Big Data Project
Existing Project Work
+
Stretched Assignments
Digital
Badges
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Appendix
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Skills
Role
expectatio
n
Software Engg.
Ability to perform
requirement
analysis and
implement by
leveraging SDLC
Applied Data Science
Data
Ability to perform data analysis
and data preparation to solve
business needs
Engineering
Ability to build predictive models to
solve business problem in a
particular domain
Research
Ability to develop
new/innovative techniques
that can be scaled to solve
a category of
business/technical
problems
Programming
Data Munging
Applied Mathematics
Pure Mathematics
Data Structures
Reporting & Visualization
Statistics & Modeling
Algorithm Design
Software
Engineering
Handling Big Data
Machine Learning techniques
Research Techniques
Visualization
Position
Project Management
Associate SE
Associate Data Engineer
Associate Data Scientist
Software Engineer
Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Sr Software
Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Scientist
Principal Data Engineer
/Data Architect
Principal Data Scientist
Senior Technical
Staff Member
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Post Doc Researcher
Research Staff Member
Sr Research Staff Member
Principal Staff Member
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