by Angela Guess
Cerner is looking for a Director of Quantitative Modeling in Kansas City, MO: “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. Cerner has an immediate need for a Director, Quantitative Modeling.”
Minimum qualifications for the 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 datbases (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.”
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