Research Engineer & Data Scientist: Threat Detection

Lancope; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancope’s Office of the CTO seeks an innovative Research Engineer / Data Scientist to develop techniques in applying big data to network security, including telemetry analysis, data mining, and threat detection. This role provides opportunities to prototype and deploy solutions across telemetry streams and security analytics.

The position blends applied statistics, graph analysis, and machine learning to invent and apply methods that advance security analytics within a collaborative, open

Qualifications

• Experience in data manipulation using interpreted language (e.g. Python) and JVM language (e.g. Java or Scala).
• Extensive hands-on experience with Hadoop ecosystem; HBase and Spark highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with distributed graph databases (e.g. Titan).
• Experience turning research ideas into actionable designs and POCs.
• Comfortable working in an open, dynamic applied-research team where multiple ongoing projects and open collaboration are the norm.
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills; able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Invent and/or apply new techniques to telemetry data to identify new security threats.

Skills

Python

Java/Scala

Hadoop ecosystem

Spark

Titan graph databases

Data mining

Machine learning

Applied statistics

Communication skills

Education

PhD or commensurate experience

Tools

Titan

Job description

Lancope’s Office of the CTO seeks an innovative Research Engineer / Data Scientist to develop techniques in applying big data to network security, including telemetry analysis, data mining, and threat detection. This role provides opportunities to prototype and deploy solutions across telemetry streams and security analytics.

The position blends applied statistics, graph analysis, and machine learning to invent and apply methods that advance security analytics within a collaborative, open