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(Senior) Data Scientist - Defence and Security

The Alan Turing Institute

Location: Cheltenham, Hybrid
Salary: £44,180 to £60,564 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 5th December 2024
Closes: 5th January 2025
 

The Alan Turing Institute

Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better.

Please find more information about us here

BACKGROUND

The Defence & Security programme at the Turing is looking to expand a high performing team of research engineers working on real-world problems aligned with securing the UK. Following in the footsteps of the institute’s namesake, Alan Turing, the team operates at the intersection of mathematics, engineering and computing and works in close collaboration with the Turing’s National Security partners.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

We are a cross-disciplinary team and encourage applications from both generalists and specialists including those who self-identify as software engineers, computer scientists, machine learning practitioners, mathematicians, statisticians or more widely as data scientists or data engineers. In particular, applicants focussed predominantly on either applied research or software engineering are most welcome as well as applicants interested in operating at the intersection.

Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance is an essential requirement for this role. Eligibility criteria and further information on the process can be found on the UK Government security vetting website.

DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Understand the problems of the Turing’s partners and develop appropriate approaches to solve them
  • Perform experiments and develop capabilities, such as building and deploying machine learning models; applying data science, statistical and algorithmic techniques to data; building microservices, data processing/engineering systems and platforms or developing user interfaces and/or visualisations.
  • Develop, implement and adapt state-of-the-art and novel data science and artificial intelligence techniques

In addition, for Senior Data Scientist only:

  • Provide technical project management and leadership for research projects
  • Line-manage other staff within the group, supporting their career development aspirations.
  • Take ownership of a particular domain challenge area or methodology for the group.
  • Develop new projects

Person Specification

  • Undergraduate-level degree or higher in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics or a related-discipline.
  • Professional experience in a field or sector with significant use of both computer programming and advanced algorithmic, statistical or numerical techniques
  • Fluency in one or more modern programming languages used in data science.
  • Hold or eligible to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance

Additionally, for Senior Data Scientist:

  • Experience leading a project to a successful conclusion.
  • Demonstrable experience managing conflict and resolving stakeholder tensions.
  • Experience mentoring and evaluating the work of others

Please see our portal for a full breakdown of the Job Description.

Terms and Conditions

This full-time post is offered on a permanent basis. The annual salary is £44,180 - £49,749 for the Data Scientist and £53,021 - £60,564 for the Senior Data Scientist, plus excellent benefits including flexible working and family friendly policies, Employee-only benefits guide | The Alan Turing Institute

The role is hybrid and based in Cheltenham.

Application procedure

Please see our jobs portal for full details on how to apply and the interview process.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to making sure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive.

This includes making reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability or long-term condition. Please contact us at adjustments@turing.ac.uk  to find out how we can assist you.

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