Senior data scientist Job at Bit Sight, Boston, MA

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  • Bit Sight
  • Boston, MA

Job Description

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss.

Built on over a decade of technological innovation, its integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis.

  • We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011
  • Over 3000 customers trust Bitsight
  • Over 750 teammates are dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote
  • Applicants for this role must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. and not require sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.


Responsible for maintaining, improving, and scaling the methodology and metrics for Bitsight’s Security Rating SaaS product suite. Contribute to the development and maintenance of ratings representative of cybersecurity posture – in specific contexts like Network, Application, and System Security – based on a working knowledge of relevant Information Security concepts. Researching and constructing methodologies for quantifying organizational cybersecurity postures from various open and commercially sourced datasets. Developing methodologies to assess cybersecurity posture from raw data. Working competently with data at the Internet scale. Developing metrics to measure cybersecurity performance and exposure. Leveraging various mathematical and statistical techniques to devise cybersecurity ratings. Creating models to assess cybersecurity risk. Contribute to the development and maintenance of production-level code for the Bitsight Data Pipeline. Helping to improve Bitsight’s ability to assign Internet assets to organizations. Creating informative analytics to help customers understand their cybersecurity posture. Working with the Marketing team to develop data-driven marketing content. Working with the Product and Engineering teams to get new ideas in front of customers.

Position is fixed location based in Boston, MA office; however, 100% telecommuting permitted.

Job Requirements :

Requires a Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering or a directly related field plus two (2) years of experience with applied computational algorithms and applied statistical methodologies from peer reviewed literature.

Experience must include:

Two (2) years of experience with the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Big data stack (Spark, Hadoop)
  • Small data stack (RDBMS, SQL)
  • Software package/library development
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process tools (version control, JIRA)
  • Machine learning or statistics or data-driven science
  • Python and shell scripting for development of data processing pipelines and for statistical data analysis, data mining, prototyping and visualization
  • Demonstrated applied statistics/mathematics modeling experience
  • Pre- or post-Master’s experience is acceptable.


40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm.

Salary band, $107,000-160,800

Diversity. Bitsight is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.

Culture. We put our people first. Bitsight offers best in class benefits. We devote the same energy to nurturing our company's inclusive culture as we apply to serving our customers' needs. Working at Bitsight will give you the opportunity to fulfill your professional goals and expand your skills.

Open-minded. If you got to this point, we hope you’re feeling excited about the job description you just read. Even if you don’t feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people that believe in Bitsight’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

Additional Information for United States of America Applicants :

Bitsight also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email recruiting@bitsight.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with applicable law.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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