Principal Data Scientist - Data Quality

Key Skills

Java Programming, Analytical and Problem solving, Design, Management, Python Programming, Framework, SQL, Agile methodologies, Big Data Technology, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, MLOps tools, Large scale data processing

Job Description

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to build things that make a difference.

Data is at the core of our solutions. Understanding the data and ensuring its quality plays a critical role in delivering security solutions protecting half a billion people in over a hundred countries around the world.

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist for our security research team to strengthen our ML-based protection components. You will work with large, complex data sets and tools and partner with our researchers, engineers, and data scientists. You will design quality metrics, build automated data anomaly detection, and influence our MLOps strategy for production ML-heavy systems.

Responsibilities

• Design a long-term strategy for improving data quality controls and reliable operation of machine learning components
• Apply advanced analytics and machine learning approaches to facilitate and automate day-to-day operation of data scientists and threat intelligence analysts
• Use your unique learning from our data to instigate innovation and enhancement of our ML-based systems
• Build visualization, monitoring, and alerting pipelines

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as data scientist working with Big Data
• 2+ years of experience with building or supporting ML-based production systems consuming billions of events per day 
• Demonstrated technical competencies with large-scale data processing tools
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and other related tools for Data Science/Machine Learning 
• Desire to work independently in an environment with multiple cross-functional stakeholders and ambiguity 
• Experience formulating analytical problems, defining success metrics, developing plans and schedules for achieving metrics, and learning and iterating on further improvements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to simplify and explain complex ideas
• Experience operating in Agile project management framework 
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the