Senior Data Scientist , AWS Managed Operations Data Science (MODS)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world leader in providing a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world!

Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems? Want to make a billion-dollar impact? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023, with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. MO is building the best-in-class engineering and operations team that will own the day-to-day operations for AWS Regions; improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance and efficiency to operate AWS regions.

The AWS Managed Operations Data Science (MODS) Team is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to lead the research and thought leadership to drive our data and insight strategy for AWS. You will be expected to serve as a Full Stack Data Scientist. You will be responsible for driving data-driven transformation across the organization. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end data science lifecycle, from data exploration and feature engineering and ETL to model development. You will leverage a diverse set of tools and technologies, including SQL, Python, Spark, Hugging Face and various machine learning frameworks, to tackle complex business problems and uncover valuable insights.

Your product analytics research will provide direction on the technology strategy of the Managed Operations organization. Your Decision Science artifacts will provide insights that inform AWS' Operations and Site Reliability Engineering teams. You will work on ambiguous and complex business and research science problems at scale. You are and comfortable working with cross-functional teams and systems.

Arlington, VA (HQ2)

This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.

By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen.

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Key job responsibilities
- Collaboration & Cross Functional Relationships: Interact with business and software teams to understand their business requirements and operational processes
- Data Exploration and Analysis: Conduct in-depth exploratory data analysis to understand the structure, quality, and patterns within complex datasets. Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to extract insights, identify trends, and uncover hidden relationships in the data.
- Business Insights and Recommendations: Frame business problems into scalable solutions; translate complex data insights and model outputs into actionable recommendations that address the organization's strategic objectives.
- Data Pipeline and Infrastructure: Contribute to the design and implementation of data pipelines, data lakes, and other data infrastructure components to support the organization's data-driven initiatives.
- Metric Development and Monitoring: Define and develop advanced, customized metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that capture the nuances of the organization's strategic objectives and operational complexities. Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of metrics
- Prototype models by using high-level modeling languages such as R or in software languages such as Python. A software team will be working with you to transform prototypes into production.
- Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Create, enhance, and maintain technical documentation

A day in the life
Why AWS

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Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Inclusive Team Culture

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Work/Life Balance

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Mentorship and Career Growth

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Diverse Experiences

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About the team
The MODS team is driven by a shared vision of achieving operational excellence through data analytics and machine learning. We provide actionable insights to allow our stakeholders to manage operational posture and operator experience and drive sustainable, safe, and efficient operations.

We define, monitor, and predict metrics to provide recommendations on AWS operations that are diagnostic (why something happened), predictive (what will happen) and prescriptive (best course of action) in nature.

We are a customer obsessed team driving lean operations in all of AWS through actionable insights and data strategies that drive process improvement.

About the team
The MODS team is driven by a shared vision of achieving operational excellence through data analytics and machine learning. We provide actionable insights to allow our stakeholders to manage operational posture and operator experience and drive sustainable, safe, and efficient operations.

We define, monitor, and predict metrics to provide recommendations on AWS operations that are diagnostic (why something happened), predictive (what will happen) and prescriptive (best course of action) in nature.

We are a customer obsessed team driving lean operations in all of AWS through actionable insights and data strategies that drive process improvement.