What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist – Atlanta United position at AMB Sports and Entertainment?
Roles And Responsibilities
- Performing advanced statistical analysis on large data sets to assist decision-making within the Soccer Operations department.
- Assisting the Scouting Department and Head of Analytics in the player identification and analysis process.
- Maintaining current automated pre- and post-match reports for first team staff.
- Assisting in maintaining and updating package in R.
- Performing and presenting research projects in a concise, straightforward manner.
- Providing administrative support and completing general Soccer Operations duties as required.
- Collaborating with Head of Analytics and Data Engineer on ad-hoc analysis and projects for the Scouting Department and Coaching Staff.
- Helping implement and maintain web applications to enhance research and decision-making across Soccer Operations.
- Creating and following processes to keep data confidential.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field preferred, or demonstrated experience.
- Experience working with soccer event data and tracking data.
- Proficiency in R (preferred) or Python.
- Experience with SQL / PostgreSQL Databases.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Experience with Version Control and package management.
- Willingness and ability to relocate to Atlanta and work on-site at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground.
- Strong statistical modelling skills.
- Knowledge of soccer analytics and experience working with sports data.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
- Ability to query SQL databases.
- Ability to communicate statistical information to groups of people with diverse set of backgrounds.
- Experience performing a full data extraction, transformation, and loading process.
- Experience solving complicated problems involving multiple points of view.
- Ability to work independently and under deadlines.
- Ability to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours (as dictated by the soccer calendar).
- Desire to learn and constantly improve.
