Job Opportunities in Data Mining

Data mining is basically a business intelligence activity. There are mainly three activities involved in the field of Data Mining viz. Gathering Important Business Data (in order to build a vast data warehouse); Using Statistical Analytical Methods (such as regression analysis for analyzing the vast data accumulated in the data warehouse) and finally ‘Data Mining’ (the process of mining out the required data from the data warehouse).

Several leading software firms such as Oracle and Microsoft are providing data mining solutions such as Oracle’s Data Mining Suite and Microsoft’s SQL Server. SPSS is a major statistical package used in the process of “Data Mining”.

Data mining field offers plenty of career opportunities for the candidates who are holding a relevant qualification in the field of information technology, software engineering and statistics. Major career positions available in “Data Mining” field are as Data Mining Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Building Scientists.

Online business firms such as eBay employ Data Mining Specialists as Principal Scientists and Data Mining Engineers. Candidates with relevant experience in data mining can also work with online advertising firms as data scientists, mangers and senior managers in data integration and management.

Data Mining Engineers are recruited as Software Development Engineers by large MNCs like Microsoft, Google and IBM in various positions such as Senior Data Mining Specialists; Data Analysts; Data Modeling professionals; Directors in Data Analytics and so on.

Career Opportunities also exist in Information and Analytics with leading software firms such as Microsoft, Google and IBM. Major career profile available is as Programmer Analysts; Statisticians; Directors of Decision Science; Statistics Engineers; Senior Researchers; Scientific Programmers; Advertising & Publishing Solutions Analysts; Senior Product Managers and Directors of Product Management.

Data mining Specialists are also recruited by large biological firms, manufacturing firms, biotechnology research organizations, pharmaceutical firms and similar other industries. Biological Organizations employ them as Computational Biologists in Systems Biology while they work as Supply Chain Analysts in manufacturing firms and other similar fields.