We are looking for someone who has some of the following:
- A strong focus on learning new skills and techniques in order to keep current and continue their own professional development.
- A passion to drive forward the adoption of novel techniques by others.
- Experience in, and enthusiasm for, undertaking programming and its application to Data Science or Artificial Intelligence (AI) problems.
- A motivation to apply critical thinking and problem solving in order to have a positive impact on the defence and security of the UK.
- Experience of bringing new insights through analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, through the application of statistical approaches.
- Experience of data engineering such as extracting, transforming and loading data through a pipeline.
- A talent for creating impactful visualisations.
- The ability to work collaboratively to deliver results.
- Experience leading others, maintaining output focus and technical quality.
You will need experience of applying your knowledge and skills in data science beyond your studies.
Essential Skills
Proficient using Python (including use of NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook and Matplotlib) or R (including use of the tidyverse and RMarkdown), to undertake data science.
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Skilled in one or more of the following:
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Text analytics (such as sentiment analysis or Natural Language Processing)
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Machine learning (for example predictive analysis such as neural networks, un-supervised learning or reinforcement learning).
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Data Engineering (for example data sourcing, data cleansing, data storage at scale, and translating manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use)
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Statistics (such as statistical design, regression, and classification).
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Visualisation and Dashboard creation.
Knowledge of using Cloud based software such as Microsoft’s Azure Fundamentals or Amazon's Cloud Practitioner certifications is beneficial.
Work location
At Dstl, our vision is to have a modern way of working efficiently, accommodating and enabling our people to create, collaborate and deliver innovative science and technology with our partners, working in a way they need to wherever they need to.
The role will comprise of a combination of home and office based working. It may involve travel to other Dstl sites and conferences along with customer, stakeholder and supplier sites. You may be required to support trials and data collection activities and undertake occasional trips overseas.
The majority of the Group’s Data Scientists are based at Portsdown West, however we would be happy to consider applications for those preferring to work at Porton Down.
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.