MI Hiring for Data Scientist Job at London, England Full Time

217536

£54,214

Permanent

Information Technology

Flexible working, Full-time

3

London, Manchester

Finding needles in haystacks is what we do.

We work with all sections of MI5, and you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with individuals from across the organisation and wider government, each with a unique problem to solve.

We work with data in a wide variety of formats and from a wealth of data sources and no two days here are the same. You can become proficient in the breadth of what we do: computer vision, natural language processing, network analysis and much more besides, or choose to specialise in other areas of interest.

Data Science (DS) forms a core part of MI5’s strategic approach to tackling the vast and complex data landscape. Data Scientists and Machine Learning (ML) Engineers in MI5 are responsible for developing new capabilities, to help analysts to handle the increasing volumes of data.

With senior sponsorship, our goal is to build a series of multi-disciplinary data science teams made up of Data Scientists and ML Engineers who are focussed on pushing science-based analytics and tools from concept and design through to build and production. This might take the form of strategic, longer-term R&D projects to create full-production, scalable and supported capabilities. In addition, there will be short-term, fast-paced tactical work in response to urgent investigations and operations.

Data Science is inherently a collaborative effort and thus our Data Scientists typically work in a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with other data scientists, subject matter experts and machine learning engineers. As a core part of this team, you will work with data science colleagues and Business Analysts to prioritise mission problems and manage them as collaborative capability projects. You will work closely with customer teams across MI5 to test and refine these tools and methods, and you will support decisions around how to deploy them to maximise their impact. You will work closely with Machine Learning Engineers and Software Engineers to turn these ideas into tools that the wider organisation can use operationally.

As the DS capability grows, there are an increasing range of exciting opportunities to get involved with including:

• Working closely with our partners and customers via embedded Data Science teams, for example within operational or product teams.
• Working closely with partners across government.
• Helping to shape the organisation’s approach to adoption of AI, for example by focussing on AI ethics, or Green AI Principles.
• Ownership over designing and establishing new ways of working pipelines and practices.

This role may involve both national and international travel in order to build the team’s partnerships with other government organisations.

Essential Skills

• Knowledge and skills in one of the following areas – applied statistics, Machine Learning, graph theory, pattern analysis or related.
• Coding experience in Python
• Strong communication skills – especially being able to explain complex solutions to non-experts
• Team working and collaboration

Desirable Skills

• Data analysis skills
• Comfortable working with large amounts of data or varying formats and types
• Experience working in scientific research
• Data visualisation
• Agile ways of working
• Tactical software development

This role is suited to individuals who demonstrate: sound problem solving and judgement; an ability to work as part of a team; and able to communicate in a variety of settings.

As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, Data Scientists work closely with ML Engineers and other stakeholders to turn mission challenges into software solutions. Key responsibilities include:

• Working with mission teams and analysts to identify North capability gaps, or potential capability enhancements and break them down into data science projects
• Supporting the team to prioritise backlogs and proposed data science projects
• Collaborating in small “sprint teams” of data scientists, working together to build components of data science capabilities
• Working with Machine Learning Engineers, and our engineering branch to identify ways of scaling and deploying Data Science capabilities across North data to achieve operational impact.
• Responding to requests for tactical data science from across North
• Undertaking training for your own data science skill development.
• Supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues
• Optional line management responsibility for 1-2 staff members if this aligns to your development goals

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

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