Graduate Data Scientist - Cyber Analytics (Position located in Cheltenham, United Kingdom)

KnowBe4; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses

Employee referral bonuses

Tuition reimbursement

Certification reimbursement

Certification completion bonuses

Adoption assistance

Job summary

KnowBe4 is seeking a Graduate Data Scientist - Cyber Analytics to join the Threat Research Lab in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. You will analyze threat data, create detection models, and contribute to end-to-end security solutions addressing phishing and social engineering threats.

The role requires a quantitative degree, strong SQL, and proficiency in Python or C#. You will work with ML libraries and learn rapidly to adapt to evolving threat landscapes in a dynamic, high-tech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field
• Strong SQL for data extraction/manipulation
• Proficiency in Python or C#
• Familiarity with standard ML libraries (e.g., Scikit-Learn/TensorFlow/PyTorch)
• Demonstrable ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Ability to think creatively about detection solutions

Responsibilities

• Analyzes threat data and implements technical solutions
• Innovate and extend detection paradigms end-to-end
• Review and reverse engineer phishing attacks and technologies
• Understand and implement broader attack vectors
• Develop detection algorithms (Python, C#) and extract identifying features of phishing emails
• Understand human behaviour to assess exploitation risks
• Use machine learning to identify phishing trends and guard against them

Skills

SQL

Python

C#

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Physics or related quantitative field

Tools

Scikit-Learn

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Job description

Graduate Data Scientist - Cyber Analytics (Position located in Cheltenham, United Kingdom)

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

The Cybersecurity Threat Analyst works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for creating solutions and models to detect threats in KnowBe4's target markets and products.

• Analyzes threat data and implements technical solutions
• Innovate and create extensions to detection paradigms in end to end fashion
• Reviewing, understanding and reverse engineering phishing attacks and technologies.
• Understanding and implementing broader attack vectors.
• Developing detection algorithms (python, c#) and extracting identifying features of phishing emails.
• Understanding human behaviour and communications, and how they can be exploited by attackers
• Using machine learning to identify broader phishing trends and how to protect against them

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Physics or a related quantitative field
• Strong working knowledge of SQL for data extraction and manipulation
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, efficient code. Proficiency in Python or C#
• Familiarity with standard ML algorithms (e.g., linear/logistic regression, decision trees, random forests) and libraries like Scikit-Learn or TensorFlow/PyTorch
• Demonstrable experience in being able to quickly learn and adapt to new areas of technology
• Ability to think outside the box and/or think maliciously to deliver creative solutions.

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits .

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

Are you able to work in the Cheltenham office 3 days a week? *