Microsoft Senior Data Scientist 

United States, Washington 

830860152

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

• Background Check: 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Proficient in data analytics languages (SQL, R or Python) and some programming experience (C#, C++, Java)

• Effective communication skills with other data scientists and with partners from other domain

• MS/PhD in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or quantitative domain.
• Previous experience in any of the following: identity systems, security, threat intelligence, fraud, or abuse.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 11, 2024.

• Create and maintain machine learning based detections to detect compromise of Microsoft Identity users or services.
• Analyze new data sources and research new patterns and techniques that can be used in an automated detection.
• Collaborate with software engineers and PMs to see your detections productized end-to-end.
• Set up and track metrics to assess the quality of our detections, so we can improve and adapt in real time.
• Leverage data gathered by the different teams and services to build new detection algorithms.
• Help the team achieve its mission by participating in incident resolution and investigations on identity attacks.
• Embody our and