Data Scientist (Python)

Data Scientist - Consultant - Permanent - London - Up to £50,000 per annum - DV or Willing

Key Responsibilities for a Data Scientist:

• An interest and passion to exploit a wide range of innovative technological solutions to solve complex technical challenges
• An appreciation of the Cyber Security landscape and its ever increasing importance in a connected world
• An analytical mind-set who enjoy problem solving and turning data into useful actionable information
• Strong underlying fundamentals including; Linux skills and understanding of network protocols.
• Ability to engage with customers at senior and technical level
• Ability to work in a team or as a singleton
• Experience of delivering quality solutions

Skills / Experience:

• Data Science: Visualisation/Big Data
• Understanding of opportunistic or APT based kill chains and mitigation techniques; Reconnaissance, Vulnerability research, Exploitation, Exfiltration and Evasion Techniques
• Knowledge of Malware/Crimeware threats
• Knowledge of analytical tools such as; R, Spark, ELK stack and Splunk
• Knowledge in Machine learning or a background in mathematics
• Ability to hypothesise attack scenarios to then design suitable detection and mitigation countermeasures
• Knowledge of real-time, big-data processing; e.g. Spark, MapReduce, Hive, Impala, Flume, Kafka, Oozie
• Ability to identify useful sources of OSINT and corporate data to assist with developing cyber capabilities

Software:

• Applied knowledge leveraging scripting skills (Python, Perl, Bash) to find innovative approaches to problems
• Software lifecycle, issue management and version control technologies and practices; e.g. Git (using Git Flow), Stash/Bitbucket, Jira, Scrum/Kanban

Company Benefits:

• Pension - you'll be automatically enrolled into the Retirement Savings Scheme
• Bonus - depending on your job, you could be eligible for a bonus which is paid out yearly
• Holidays - 25 days per year with the option to purchase five more
• Volunteering - three days of paid leave each year to volunteer
• Shares - tax advantaged employee share plans
• Corporate discount portal - offers on products and services from our partners
• Technology discounts
• Optional benefits - in exchange for a small portion of your salary you can take up additional benefits such as dental insurance, healthcare, gym memberships and more

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You will be required to hold a minimum of DV or Willing to Undergo. If you do not hold an active DV or Willing to Undergo please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.

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