Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist – Adversarial Response TeamJoin our Global Web Security team
Our team is part of Akamai’s Application Security organization, building technologies that power our security products and protect some of the world’s largest digital brands.The Adversarial Response Team applies advanced data science and threat analysis to strengthen Akamai’s Bot Manager Premier, Account Protector, and Content Protector products. We analyze complex attack traffic and emerging attack techniques to improve detection accuracy while minimizing false positives and driving product innovation.
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As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead complex security investigations, analyze large-scale traffic data, develop targeted detection improvements, and identify recurring patterns that influence our long-term product strategy.You will also act as a technical bridge between customer-facing teams, security operations, and the core data science research group.
In this role, you will
Investigate complex false-positive, false-negative, and product escalations.
Analyze traffic patterns, behavioral signals, request signatures, and security telemetry.
Identify root causes and develop targeted fixes through rule tuning, threshold changes, and feature improvements.
Analyze historical cases to identify recurring detection gaps and emerging attack patterns.
Develop new detections for unmitigated or evolving threats.
Document findings and create clear research tickets for unresolved issues.
Partner with Professional Services, security operations, account teams, and data science teams.
To be successful in this role, you will
Have 8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Have strong experience working with large datasets using Python and SQL; experience with Go is a plus.

Work arrangement
Yes