Data Scientist Job in Qualys, Inc.

Description

We are seeking#160;aData Scientist to help build next generation Security Analytics product from ground-up.

Working with a team of engineers and architects, you will be responsible for prototyping, designing, developing and supporting a highly scalable SaaS based Security Analytics product.

This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of a team building Qualys next generation Micro-Services based technology platform processing over a 100 million transactions and terabytes of data per day, leverageopen-sourcetechnologies, and work on challenging and business-impacting projects.

We are looking for Data Scientist,who will support our Research and Development team with insights gained from analyzing security data.

The ideal candidate has background in a quantitative or technical field, is adept at using large data sets to find opportunitiesfor product and process optimization and using models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action.

They must have strong experience using a variety of data mining/data analysis methods, using a variety of data tools, building and implementing models, using/creating algorithms and creating/running simulations. You are focused on results, a self-starter, and have demonstrated success for using analytics to drive the understanding, growth, and success of a product.

Responsibilities:

• Extract analysis/insights on given data using Data Mining and exploratory dataanalysismethod.
• Designing and deploying Machine Learning Algorithms - both Shallow learningmodels and Deep learning models.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to datasets.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and datagatheringtechniques.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance anddataaccuracy.
• Collaborate with data and subject matter experts throughout the organization toidentify opportunities for leveraging data to drive businesssolutions.
• Understand the Distributed Ecosystem/Cloud computing services and deploy MLmodels on thesame.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience with BS or MS or PhD in Computer Science, ElectricalEngineering, Statistics, or equivalent fields. Specialization in machine learning is preferred.
• Experience with data cleansing,data engineering,data quality assessment, andusing analytics for dataassessment.
• 5+ years of experience in Object oriented programming concepts - Java, Scalaetc.
• Hands on Experience in Data science programming skills - Python, R
• Proven work experience of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering,decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• Experience of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression,properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.
• Having experience in developing some use cases related to Cyber Security.
• Familiarity with distributed data/computing tools: Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive,Flink, Spark, Cassandra, etc.
• Experience in visualizing/presenting data for stakeholders using: Matplotlib,seaborn,ggplotor any data visualizationtool.
• Work along with Senior and Stake holders to capture the requirements andexecute it in Agile methodology.
• Java knowledge would be add-on.
• Good communication skills and a Team player.