Junior Data Science Associate Consultant (actual employer is ZS Associates; AI-only interview - see note)

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About the role

Role: Data Science & Analytics - Other | Department: Data Science & Analytics | Industry: IT Services & Consulting | Education: UG: Any Graduate PG: Any Postgraduate Job Title: Junior Data Science Associate Consultant Job Type: Full-time Location: Remote in India Job Summary ZS's Insights & Analytics group partners with clients to design and deliver solutions to help them tackle a broad range of business challenges. Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data analytics and problem-solving techniques. Our recommendations and solutions are based on rigorous research and analysis underpinned by deep expertise and thought leadership. Key Responsibilities Support the development and testing of analytical and statistical models under senior guidance. Apply hypothesis testing, regression, and simple machine learning methods to solve structured data problems. Clean, transform, and visualize datasets using Python and basic BI tools. Assist in feature engineering, model validation, and documentation of analytical workflows. Collaborate with senior consultants to prepare reports and dashboards for client presentations. Explore and document emerging data sources and technologies relevant to ongoing projects. Required Skills and Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field. 1-2 years of experience in data analytics or applied statistics. Proficiency in Python or R for data processing and visualization. Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, data wrangling, and exploratory analysis. Familiarity with SQL and basic data pipelines. Exposure to cloud environments (AWS or Azure) and Git version control. Strong analytical thinking and eagerness to learn from senior mentors. Preferred Qualifications Experience fine-tuning generative models and integrating classic AI techniques. Prior leadership experience and a record of mentoring junior colleagues. Domain expertise in healthcare, transportation, technology, insurance, or related sectors. Our interview process is streamlined with a single step: an AI interview. If you perform well, our hiring managers will review your AI interview recording and may extend an offer directly based on that review. Note: This listing is filed under "Micro1" as the employer, but the body is entirely ZS Associates' own content ("ZS's Insights & Analytics group partners with clients...") -- confirmed genuine by comparing it directly to Job 9 below, an actual ZS-branded posting with the identical opening paragraph. Micro1 appears to be an AI-driven recruiting platform distributing this role on ZS's behalf, which the body itself confirms: "Our interview process is streamlined with a single step: an AI interview... our hiring managers will review your AI interview recording" -- meaning candidates are screened entirely by an AI interview with no live human round before a possible offer. Two more data points: the body states "Location: Remote in India," directly contradicting the listing's own filing across seven specific major cities, and the "1-2 years" experience figure is rendered as "12 years" in the source text in one place (a stripped-hyphen formatting artifact) -- confirmed against Job 9's clean "1-2 years" phrasing from the original ZS text.

Skills

insurance, applied mathematics, python, data analytics, hypothesis testing, data processing, microsoft azure, machine learning, healthcare, transportation, sql, r, model validation, git, data science, data visualization, aws, data wrangling, statistics

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