by Angela Guess
Cerner is looking for a Director of Quantitative Modeling in Kansas City, MO. According to the post, “Cerner is creating a new, innovative group focusing on developing data-driven business and mathematical model-based solutions for the health industry, positioning Cerner as the world’s largest health informatics properties mediating petabyte-scale health data. Cerner and the Innovations Development group is an established, fast growing company/group with minimal hierarchy and an entrepreneurial spirit. We seek the best and brightest talent to join the team, individuals who thrive on analytical problem solving and data-driven analysis who are smart, ambitious, and inquisitive.”
Qualifications for the Director position include: “Master’s degree in related field. Strong programming skill in multiple languages, comfortable learning new ones quickly (ideally C#, C++, R, MATLAB, etc). Experience with MapReduce programming (Hadoop). Familiarity with NoSQL databases (hBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Couch DB, Riak) and unstructured data. Familiarity with Pig, Avro. Familiarity with data warehousing and business intelligence systems, cluster and grid computing. Ability to communicate proactively in a small team environment. Hard-working, fast and autonomous learner. With a brief outline and general direction in mind, can rapidly prototype, measure, and iterate.”
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