Senior Data Scientist (SMTS)

Salesforce, Inc.; Ashington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Care

Life Insurance

Retirement Savings

Employee Assistance Programs

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. Data Science & Analytics team in the Cyber Security Operations Center seeks an experienced Senior Data Scientist to join the team and advance AI-driven threat detection and analytics.

You will explore, prototype, and scale techniques to defend the Salesforce platform and collaborate with threat, product, and engineering teams. You will drive rigorous analyses, develop production-ready solutions, and communicate findings to stakeholders while championing innovative approaches in

Qualifications

• At least four (4) years experience in a related field.
• Demonstrated experience delivering advanced data mining or machine learning techniques as a lead or sole contributor.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience formulating, leading, and executing applied-research projects and assisting in their production implementation.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or Scala.
• At least two (2) years experience, plus a graduate degree in a related technical field.
• At least two (2) years of experience in selecting and applying machine-learning techniques; or mining datasets over 1 TB in volume.
• Strong understanding of security, including threat propagation and signal correlation.
• Experience in applying AI and big-data techniques to security, specifically in anomaly detection, pattern recognition, behavior-based analysis, and correlation.
• Related experience in genomics, high-speed trading, or other domains involving pattern recognition or behavior-based analysis

Responsibilities

• Conduct and document exploratory data analyses of potential source datasets.
• Collaborate with internal incident-response, threat-intel, and product teams on evolving threats and their detection.
• Formulate, build, test, and document proofs-of-concept for new techniques in threat detection.
• Drive or assist in engineering scalable, production-ready software for proven techniques.
• Champion, build, and maintain AI-driven capabilities for all of the above.
• Communicate proactively to product, threat-research, and other stakeholders via presentations, proposals, and requirements.
• Champion and build AI-driven capabilities for all of the above.

Skills

Programming: Java/Python/Scala

Statistics & probability

Communication skills

AI & big data in security

Data mining / ML leadership

Education

Graduate degree in a related technical field

Job description

• The Data Science & Analytics team in Salesforce Cyber Security Operations Center seeks an experienced, driven, and creative Senior Data Scientist to join the team
• We explore, invent, build and scale new ways to secure the Salesforce platform
• We leverage AI, machine learning, and contemporary data techniques to advance behavior- and signature-based techniques of many forms
• We partner with threat, product, and engineering teams to deliver defenses that not only operate at scale, but evolve through agentic-based monitoring, testing, and continuous improvement
• We are a growing, highly visible, and highly agile team where experimentation, collaboration, and spirited discussion are the norm
• You’re intensely curious about AI and data and are highly adept in analyzing large volumes of data, then teasing out valuable signals therein. You’re able to seamlessly merge rigor in statistics with awareness of their application to business problems
• You thrive in researching, experimenting with, applying, and proving out new techniques in AI, data mining, and machine learning
• You partner with threat experts to understand evolving threat patterns and their detection. You collaborate effectively with software engineers to champion proven detection techniques, consult in their software implementation, and build and test production software
• Conduct and document rigorous exploratory data analyses of potential source datasets
• Collaborate with internal incident-response, threat-intel, and product teams on evolving threats and their detection
• Formulate,build, test, and document proofs-of-concept for new techniques in threat detection
• Drive or assist in engineering scalable, production-ready software for proven techniques
• Champion, build, and maintain AI-driven capabilities for all of the above
• Communicate proactively and effectively to product, threat-research, and other stakeholders via presentations, proposals, and requirements
• Champion and build AI-driven capabilities for all of the above

Benefits

• Medical Care
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings
• Employee Assistance Programs
• With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year

Requirements

• At least four (4) years experience in a related field;
• ORDemonstrated experience delivering advanced data mining or machine learning techniques as a lead or sole contributor.
• 1Excellent communication skills
• Experience formulating, leading, and executing applied-research projects and assisting in their production implementation
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or Scala
• Strong fundamentals in applied statistics and probability
• At least two (2) years experience , plus a graduate degree (Masters’ at least) in a related technical field
• At least two (2) years of experience in selecting and applying machine-learning techniques;
• OR at least two (2) years of experience mining datasets over 1 TB in volume.
• 1Strong understanding of security, including threat propagation and signal correlation
• Experience in applying AI and big-data techniques to security, specifically in anomaly detection, pattern recognition, behavior-based analysis, and correlation
• Related experience in genomics, high-speed trading, or other domains involving pattern recognition or behavior-based analysis