Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist - Data Science Labs Team

Directly responsible to the Senior Engineering Manager (Data Science Labs Team) at Mimecast.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Be accountable for the collection and exploitation of data at Mimecast for the provision of Threat Intelligence, ML, and Data Science capability at Mimecast.
• Working closely with the SEM for Data Science Labs and Product Managers, build innovative new features and products to enhance email security for our customers, develop a more formalised efficacy testing regimen, develop processes for uprating our machine learning capabilities, and augment how we assess and talk about emerging threats.
• Provide an ad hoc surge capability and collaborative engagement to remediate complex issues and other operations within both the Mimecast Labs team, and the wider Mimecast enterprise (and more broadly with the GTM and Support organisations) to help our stakeholders.
• Work across a variety of disparate, internal teams (both geographically and in skillset), quickly establishing strong relationships with key stakeholders to improve the output of the team across Mimecast and move research into production.
• Have the ability to design fault tolerant systems so the team can move fast, without negatively impacting our customers, owning the deployment pipeline from design, to implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Be trusted to attend key meetings with relevant stakeholders (including customers) and communicate the outcome of these meetings effectively with the Mimecast Labs, Engineering, and Product leadership, as necessary.
• Be accountable for integrating the Data Science Lab’s ML models into the Mimecast ecosystem to optimise our platform for performance and scalability.
• Demonstrate the ability to learn quickly in a loosely structured, rapidly changing work environment with a passion to stay on top of security trends, and to experiment with and learn new technologies.
• Utilise Mimecast data to understand ongoing trends and patterns, conducting deep dives into the data, producing actionable recommendations.

Personal Attributes

• Ability and credibility to mentor and train junior team members.
• Advanced professional with strong knowledge of job area and broad knowledge of project management.
• Have the technical ability to manage complex projects or processes with general oversight.
• Ability to communicate within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 5+ years professional software engineering experience.
• Evidenced software architecture and distributed systems experience.
• AI / Machine learning / NLP experience in a production environment with a working knowledge of AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Why Mimecast?

We’re fast thinking. We go big to reach our cyberattack-disrupting goals. And we do what we need to protect the world of business from getting important (and potentially compromising) data stolen. We never leave anyone behind. We deliver quickly – and outstandingly. We’re big on honesty because it makes us better. We’re empowered by our mission. And if cybercriminals have a good day, we work twice as hard to make the rest of their days a nightmare. That’s The Mimecast Way.

And the Mimecast way is also a hybrid-working way. We empower our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team, and our stakeholders.

Become a Mimecaster and put corporate data under your protection. Fill our teams with respect. And bring cybercrime-obstructing energy to your work. Be passionate. Be powerful. Be alive with purpose.

DEI Statement

Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.

We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.

Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.