Data Scientist - Advanced Analytics

**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. **Your role and responsibilities** As a Data Scientist with Advanced Analytics skills, you will leverage deep data and analytics expertise with strong business acumen to address business challenges. You will utilize data preparation, analysis, and predictive modeling to forecast trends and suggest optimizations for improved business outcomes. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Agentic AI Development and Orchestration: Experience in designing, developing, and orchestrating Agentic AI solutions using autonomous AI agents, workflows, and LLM frameworks. Proficiency in integrating AI agents with enterprise applications, APIs, and data platforms to automate complex business processes. Strong understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, guradrails and AI governance best practices. • Develop Predictive Models: Apply proficiency in programming languages, particularly Python, to design and implement traditional predictive models that forecast trends and suggest optimizations for improved business outcomes. • Analyze and Interpret Data: Utilize mathematical optimization, discrete-event simulation, and predictive analytics to extract insights from diverse data types and structures, ensuring data-driven decision-making and business optimization. • Manipulate and Visualize Data: Employ expertise in data manipulation using tools such as Pandas, NumPy, and Dask, and data visualization with Matplotlib, Seaborn, and Plotly to effectively communicate insights to stakeholders. **Required technical and professional expertise** • Microsoft Foundry, Copilot and Azure AI services: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Copilot, and Azure AI Services for developing intelligent applications and copilots. Experience with Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Prompt Flow, and responsible AI practices is preferred. Additional experience with PowerApps will be further preferred. • Generative AI and Agentic AI: Knowledge of modern Generative AI and Agentic AI frameworks, such as LangChain, LangGraph, Hugging Face, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, and AutoGen, for building intelligent AI applications. Ability to design, orchestrate, and deploy scalable multi-agent workflows with tool integration, memory, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and LLM-based reasoning capabilities. • Programming Languages: Exposure to programming languages, particularly Python, and development environments like PyCharm, VS Code, and Jupyter Notebooks. **Preferred technical and professional experience** • Machine Learning Knowledge: Exposure to machine learning concepts and techniques, including statistical modeling and custom models in applications like supply chain management, pricing, risk assessment, and fraud detection. • Statistical Analysis Skills: Familiarity with statistical analysis tools like SPSS, SAS, and R, in addition to Python, to analyze and interpret complex data sets. • Data Manipulation and Visualization: Experience working with data manipulation tools such as Pandas, NumPy, and Dask, and data visualization with Matplotlib, Seaborn, and Plotly. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.