Data Analytics Manager

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Product Development

Company Description

Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

Job Description

The ideal candidates are problem solvers, equipped with strong analytical & quantitative skills suited to address key strategic needs for Visa’s clients including issuers, acquirers and merchants.

Adept at creative and critical thinking, they are able to deconstruct problems and transform insights into large scale, state-of-the-art solutions. Candidates must be quick learners with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
 

Responsibilities

·       Work with large volumes of data; extract and manipulate large datasets using standard tools such as Hadoop Ecosystem, SAS, through scripting in Python, SQL, Java etc.

·       Hands-on skills in cleaning, manipulating, analyzing, visualizing large data sets.

·       Data Cleaning/Transformation – This involve parsing and aggregating messy, incomplete, and unstructured data sources to produce data sets that can be used in analytics/predictive modeling.

·       Enhance and optimize codes that scale critical business processes.

·       Develop and validate advance data mining tools, algorithms, and other capabilities to solve business problem.

·       Ensure database management and maintenance tasks are performed effectively and timely

·       Directly implement complex models and data pipelines on large datasets

·       Implement data tests and QA processes

·       Transform data/ analysis to a business language

·       Continuously develop and present innovative ideas based on data driven approach in order to improve           current business practices within Visa

 

Qualifications

·       MS in engineering, computer science, statistics, or other related fields with 6+ years of experience                  required.

·       3+ year of experience with the ability to come up with practical algorithms and write high quality code            quickly for analyzing gigabyte to terabyte-scale data.

·       Understanding of algorithms and ability to optimize various program complexities using suitable data              structures.

·       Expertise in one dynamic scripting language (SQL and Python is a plus), ETL process. Is a must

·       Expertise with using distributed computing technologies, including Hadoop (MapReduce, PIG, Hive)              and Spark to write data analytic processing jobs both in batch and streaming against structured and              unstructured data

·       Experience Data Mining or Statistics (SAS, SAS E. Miner, SAS E. Guide).

·       Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines

·       Experience designing and building new tools. Ability to re-use existing experience to develop new                  production-ready solutions.

·       Quick-thinker, fast learner, wide general knowledge, problem solver

·       Team worker, responsible, delivery-oriented

·       Excellent spoken and written English. Spanish is a must

Additional Information

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

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