Data & Applied Scientist (Substrate App Platform)
The Substrate App Platform group is part of Microsoft 365 Core Platform organization. This is an interesting point in time as M365 evolves from an email platform to a platform that enables a deep pipeline of Microsoft apps and services that leverage the Substrate’s scale and high-value data to deliver intelligent experiences to end users. We need the best to take the initiative and work with engineers across E+D and Microsoft to build the next-gen platform in the Substrate.
To deliver on our
mission to empower people and organizations to achieve more, we need to analyze
our large data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimization,
improve user experience for our products and using models to test the
effectiveness of different courses of action. You need to have strong
experience using a variety of data mining/data analysis methods, using a
variety of data tools, building and implementing models,
using/creating algorithms and creating/running simulations. You must be
comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams. The
right candidate will have a passion for discovering solutions hidden in large
data sets and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes.
The position is
full-time and based in our Nairobi office.
Responsibilities
- Work with stakeholders throughout the organization
to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business
solutions.
- Mine and analyze signals data from the substrate
to drive optimization and improvement of product user experience.
- Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply
to data sets.
- Coordinate with different functional teams to
implement models and monitor outcomes.
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze
model performance and data accuracy.
Qualifications
Required
Qualifications:
- MS/BS in CS/EE/Applied
Mathematics/Statistics/DS/ML or related fields.
- 3+ years of professional experience working with
machine learning libraries and real world data science
problems.
- 3+ years of professional experience in at least
one scripting language (Python, NodeJS, Ruby, Perl).
- Knowledge of a variety of machine learning
techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural
networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
Preferred
Qualifications:
A successful candidate
will show skills in the following areas:
- Knowledge of a variety of machine learning
techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural
networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and
concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and
proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.
- Passion for problem-solving.
- Good communication skills
- Working in agile teams with strong customer
focus
- Experience in Azure, Exchange, or other cloud and
distributed systems is a plus.
Microsoft is an equal
opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care
leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status,
medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political
affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by
applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Benefits/perks listed
below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and
the country where you work.
How
To Apply
Interested
and qualified? Go to Microsoft on
careers.microsoft.com to apply
Program Manager (Network
Security)
This role focuses
specifically on Azure network security (Azure Firewall, DDoS Protection, and
WAF). The ideal candidate must possess a strong technical background in some
combination of the following: application security, network security, network
architecture, and cloud computing (Azure).
Responsibilities
- Dig deep into the technologies as a Subject Matter
Expert
- Understand the story behind our security
solutions, and tell it both internally and externally at events like
Ready, Ignite, Tech Summits, etc.
- Work directly with customers to validate
successful deployments and guide secure network architecture decisions.
- Recognize our customers’ needs, how these needs
drive deployments, and what feature gaps exist.
- Drive the customer story internally to lead the
evolution of our products.
- Contribute to the technical documentation for our
products, writing blogs, troubleshooting guides, reference architectures,
playbooks, etc.
- Maintain demo/lab environment for effective
demonstration, problem solving, and learning.
- Work with early adopter customers in preview
programs to test new scenarios, gather feedback and triage issues with
developers.
Qualifications
Required
Qualifications:
- Technical experience in enterprise security and/or
networking.
- Technical experience in cloud computing,
preferably Azure.
Preferred
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly
on a new technical domain.
- Passion for technology, software engineering,
quality, and customer solutions
- Excellent Technical PM fundamentals: design savvy,
data-driven, disciplined, deep and diverse customer empathy, passion for
learning, can-do creativity, concise communications and PM persuasion
skills.
- Creativity and optimism grounded in practical
engineering and business know-how.
How
To Apply
Interested
and qualified? Go to Microsoft on
careers.microsoft.com to apply