Senior Data Scientist — AI for Cyber Defense (In-Office 4 Days)

tenex; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TENEX in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own the end-to-end lifecycle of ML models powering our AI-driven cybersecurity platform. You will design, train, deploy, and monitor models using large security data to improve threat detection and automated response.

Work closely with Security Operations, Product, and Data Engineering to translate security challenges into data science solutions. Strong Python/SQL, MLOps, and cloud experience are essential; prior cybersecurity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Data Science or ML Engineering.
• Strong Python and SQL development.
• Experience with MLOps and cloud ML platforms.
• Background in cybersecurity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, and deploy ML models for security tasks such as threat detection and behavioral analytics.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Product, and Data Engineering to translate security challenges into data science problems.
• Prototype and productionize ML solutions with monitoring, reliability, and scalability in mind.
• Evaluate models with A/B testing and performance metrics.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python

SQL

MLOps

Cloud (GCP/AWS)

Communication

Analytics

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science / Data Science / Statistics / Engineering

Tools

Kubeflow

MLflow

Airflow

Vector databases

Kafka

TensorFlow / PyTorch

Job description

TENEX in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own the end-to-end lifecycle of ML models powering our AI-driven cybersecurity platform. You will design, train, deploy, and monitor models using large security data to improve threat detection and automated response.

Work closely with Security Operations, Product, and Data Engineering to translate security challenges into data science solutions. Strong Python/SQL, MLOps, and cloud experience are essential; prior cybersecurity