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Senior Data Scientist- Microsoft Threat Protection

Microsoft

Microsoft

Data Science
Posted on Apr 11, 2025

Senior Data Scientist- Microsoft Threat Protection

Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Date posted
Apr 10, 2025
Job number
1815861
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Research, Applied, & Data Sciences
Discipline
Data Science
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

One Security Operations Center (SOC) is a new team under Modern Protection & Security Operation Center, our vision is to empower every SOC team to protect their entire digital estate, optimize for their unique environment and needs. We build the ultimate unified one-stop-shop solution, making SOC teams most effective and efficient and deliver optimized protection that meets customers where they are, leading Extended Detection and Response (XDR)+ Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) market.
We are looking for an innovative data scientist with NLP expertise, strong technical skills and desire to make significant impact through data and research. A successful candidate will be an excellent hands-on applied data scientist who is enthusiastic about NLP, LLMs, data, security, and real-world problem solving

Qualifications

- M.Sc./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of hands-on data science and machine learning experience
- Strong expertise and hands-on experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Demonstrated experience in solving difficult problems connecting theory to real world impact
- Passionate about using data science for building products
- Excellent teamwork, collaboration and communication skills

Responsibilities

As a senior data scientist on our team, you will work closely with other data scientists, security experts, software engineers, and product managers to tackle many different types of problems. You will utilize generative AI tools, anomaly detection algorithms, supervised and unsupervised learning methods, statistical methods, time series analysis, and more, to help customers investigate security incidents and protect their environments. You will be up to date with our customers’ needs and the competitive landscape and work with internal and external teams to build advanced solutions for SIEM and XDR. You will process hundreds of PBs and code mainly in Python and PySpark. You will be independent but surrounded by a large team of strong and experienced multi-disciplinary researchers


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.