Data Scientist II - IDEAs (Insights Data Engineering and Analytics) Group

Do you thrive on transforming massive datasets into meaningful insights that drive business strategies and enhance customer experience? If so, the IDEAs (Insights Data Engineering and Analytics) group wants you on our team! We're on a mission to harness the power of data, sharpen our analytical skills, and apply the science of learning to provide our stakeholders with actionable insights that fuel growth. 

The Team:

Our team plays a key role in providing data and analytics for the Microsoft Security customer solution area and covers areas inclusive of Copilot for Security, Cyber Threat Detection and Response, Advanced Threat Detection (threat hunting, intelligence, incident response), Vulnerability Detection and Response, Remediation, Data protection and governance and Device, Application management. 

The Role:

Data Scientist II- IDEAs (Insights Data Engineering and Analytics) Group

As a Data Scientist II, you will be bringing relevant data into a central systems to create the critical business metrics and perform opportunity analysis and hypothesis generation to drive product improvement and growth. This opportunity will allow you to gain expertise in designing and managing core OKRs and executive rhythms of business. As well as building out generative business intelligence to support descriptive, predictive analytics, forecasting, causal inference models. 

Location: By applying to this U.S. based position, while remote work is possible, relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data analyses deliver insights and learnings on marketing initiatives / programs for Security solutions.  
• Define, generate, and monitor KPI metrics for different Security solutions. 
• Automate reporting and provide exploration capability for reporting users. 
• Partner with multiple Marketing and Product teams to explore data, design learning plan, and conduct analyses. 
• Present insights and learnings to key stakeholders / executives, drive actions and impact. 
• Provide thought leadership on Security marketing based on the learnings from analyses. 
• Inform business strategy through deep insights, cross team collaboration (with data engineering and data science) and effective storytelling.  

 Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
  • OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) 
    
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
    
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience.
  
• 2+ years of experience in analyzing large volumes of data, extracting insights processing large data sets using SQL or SQL-like scripting language.