$165,000 – $180,000
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What this role is
A senior data scientist role focused on developing and refining machine learning models to detect cyber threats in network data at scale. This position suits someone with deep statistical and ML expertise who wants to tackle complex, real-world security problems and mentor others on a specialized team.
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Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Anomaly Detection
- Feature Engineering
- Machine Learning
- Python
- SQL
- Statistical Analysis
- Time Series Analysis
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of professional data science experience developing and evaluating machine learning models
- Strong foundation in statistics, experimental design, machine learning, and model evaluation
- Experience with incomplete, noisy, or highly imbalanced data and detailed error analysis
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with common data science and ML libraries
- Experience collaborating with software engineers to integrate models into production systems
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to independently own complex technical work
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical findings to varied audiences
Nice to have
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline
- Experience in cybersecurity, fraud detection, abuse detection, or adversarial domains
- Familiarity with Network Detection and Response, network protocols, threat detection, or incident investigation
- Experience with time-series analysis, anomaly detection, actuarial modeling, clustering, or unsupervised/semi-supervised learning
- Experience evaluating models where positive examples are rare and behavior changes over time
- Experience with generative AI, large language models, or emerging AI techniques
- Familiarity with AWS or GCP cloud platforms