Data Science Specialist, Network transformation planning

Job ID: 35858

Job Location: Gurgaon/Bangalore

Function: Chief Operations Office

Job Level: S2

Employment Type: Perm

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Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Colt has the largest digital infrastructure footprint in Europe and its ambition is to continue to invest and grow Globally.

We partner with circa 2000 suppliers across the Globe to extend our reach which underpins the product portfolio and customer solutions.

This role will be accountable for supporting analytics and reporting that drive vendor strategy, provide insights, enable lifecycle management, benchmarking, and performance management. The objective is to ensure Colt remains a leader not only from a cost perspective but also in delivering a superior customer experience.

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• Provide required data analysis to support Network Development and Optimisation objectives for the wider team.
  
• Identify and correct data anomalies within source system data sets.
  
• Report and analyse – develop and publish reporting and analytics as a result of tested hypotheses and provide user‑friendly outputs.
  
• Assist with the departmental automation roadmap; identify, simplify and automate repeatable tasks within the Network Development and Optimisation department.
  
• Predictive analytics – test business hypotheses across the department to construct predictive models.
  
• Data model management – set up experimental designs to answer business questions and opportunities.
  
• Continuously measure model effectiveness and performance.
  
• Data quality – execute various analytics to ensure completeness, quality and consistency of data used for analytics across the department.
  
• Passion for data and analytics combined with the ability to communicate insights to the business and senior management.
  
• Intellectually curious – demonstrate the ability to present complex ideas to technical and non‑technical audiences at all levels including senior executives.
  
• Strong Excel skills (lookups, Power Pivot).
  
• Data visualisation skills: Qlik / PowerBI.
  
• High attention to detail.
  
• Collaboration skills.
  

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• Affinity for Telco technology, including optical and packet technology.
  
• Django Rest Framework experience.
  
• Experience with Oracle DB.
  
• Strong understanding of relational database design and modeling.
  
• Proven ability to work independently or in a small team.
  
• Experience participating in code reviews and technical discussions.
  

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• Strong proficiency in Django and Python (5+ years).
  
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
  
• Strong understanding of SQL database design, VBA.
  
• Experience with version control (Git).
  
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code.
  
• Understanding of software development principles.
  
• Data modelling / ML / AI experience.
  

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunication, or a relevant field.

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• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
  
• Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
  
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
  
• Global Family Leave Policy.
  
• Employee Assistance Program.
  
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.
  

Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that’s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

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• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan.
  
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders.
  
• Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.
  

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