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Job Posting End Date: September 20

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Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide:

• Award-winning culture

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution

• Mental health support

• Career advancement opportunities

• Student loan repayment options

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans .

And that’s just the beginning…

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:

Unum Group seeks Data Scientists II in Chattanooga, TN.

Applicants who are interested in this position may apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com (Ref #59824) for consideration.

Programming & Process automation: Experience with file I/O, database integrations, and APIs to build automated analytics pipelines. Understanding of process research and design, which may be demonstrated through use of DevOps, automation, data mining, web scraping, or object-oriented software is preferred.

Data Visualization: Expertise on at least one visualization tool with working knowledge of others and expertise in static data visualization. Understanding of dynamic data visualization.

Data Validation: Apply logic, aggregation, and reconciliation techniques to create rich modeling-ready data framework. Statistics & Statistical modeling: Expertise using statistical inference and regression. Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms. Solid understanding of feature selection and extraction. Conducts end-to-end machine learning tasks from problem synthesis to model deployment.

Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading: Preferred skills include: Expertise in writing complex SQL queries that join multiple tables/databases. Independently explore databases/tables to identify best data sources to solve business problems. Demonstrates ability to troubleshoot complex SQL queries with little guidance. Demonstrates ability to create logical data models by combining data from multiple sources including internal and external data.

Core business capabilities: Demonstrated communication skills, experience in financial services, leadership experience working with senior management and executive leadership, and attention to detail while effectively and independently prioritizing work and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Leadership Capabilities: Demonstrated ability to coach or mentor team members, ability to commit quickly and positively to change. Viewed as a promoter of change management and leads proof of concept work and prototyping when necessary

Requires a Bachelors degree in Information Technology/Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Economics, Engineering or related plus 3 years related experience. Requires 3 years experience in the following: Python and/or R to design and execute analytical solutions using optimization, simulation, Machine Learning, and other statistical methods with a focus on delivering actionable value; Transforming data sets, quantitative and qualitative analysis into compelling visuals using a variety of packages (Seaborn, Matplotlib, ggplot, Plotly) and/or R (Lattice, ggplot2); Utilizing SQL and data frames (Python and/or R) to apply data validation, aggregation, and reconciliation techniques to create rich modeling-ready data framework; Integrating large volume of data from different sources (including Snowflake, AWS, DB2, SQL Server, Web API and Teradata) to create data assets for ad-hoc analyses and larger studies; Developing SQL queries and joins. Requires 3 years experience in the following: Developing statistical models, based on user needs or business questions of interest including but not limited to univariate/multivariate analysis, generalized linear models, time-series modeling, and Bayesian approaches; interpreting results of analytics, utilizing MS Office (PowerPoint, Word) and/or html files from R to communicate findings translating directly to insurance business value that influences business stakeholder decision making. Requires 2 years of experience providing collaborative support, training and/or mentorship to lower-level Data Science peers. Telecommuting permitted.

40 hours/week; $90,000 – $110,000 per year. This wage range supersedes the base salary range listed below, due to the salary range below reflecting a national range.

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$73,300.00-$143,300.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum

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