Data Scientist with Cybersecurity Experience

Job Title: Data Scientist with Cybersecurity Experience

Location: Herndon, VA

Job Description:

Preferred Education:

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field; graduate degree in Data Science or another quantitative field is preferred

Position Summary:

• The Cybersecurity Engineer will work for the Global Chief Information Security Organization (CISO) office to identify, test and deploy information security solutions to secure critical data and systems throughout the IBM corporate IT environment. This hands-on role will require Cybersecurity subject matter expertise with demonstrated communication skills for active collaboration with a variety of different technology teams and business units as well as technology partners to promote security engineering practices.
• We are looking for a Data Scientist to analyze large amounts of raw information to find patterns that will help improve our company. We will rely on you to build data products to extract valuable business insights. In this role, you should be highly analytical with a knack for analysis, math and statistics. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential for interpreting data. We also want to see a passion for machine-learning and research. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, have the ability to analyze complex problems, have an insatiable curiosity to learn about new technologies, share knowledge with others and has experience working in a fast-paced Agile project environment.

Required Skills:

• At least 5 years of proven experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst
• At least 5 years of experience developing in languages commonly used for data analysis
• such as Python, R, or SAS
• At least 3 years of theoretical and practical background in statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, and/or optimization
• At least 3 years of experience with commercial machine learning systems
• Experience working with databases such as SQL or MongoDB
• Extensive Linux system administration experience
• Experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker
• Experience installing and configuring the Apache web server, including certificate
• management
• Experience using business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) and data frameworks (e.g.
• Hadoop)
• Strong communication, planning, documentation and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently, set project goals, and achieve milestones with minimal
• direction
• Ability to work collaboratively, across teams, driving toward common goals, and working
• within standardized processes
• Excellent communication skills

Essential Job Duties:

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes
• Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
• Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
• Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Provide break/fix support of all log routing, store and forward functions
• Work with Security Architects and Analysts to accomplish the selection and onboarding
• of new data sets to designated security tools.
• Perform extraction, transformation, loading, and filtering of data sets.
• Strong communication, planning, documentation and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently, set project goals, and achieve milestones with minimal
• direction
• Ability to work collaboratively, across teams, driving toward common goals, and working within standardized processes
• Solid experience supporting business critical efforts in a large enterprise environment