Associate Data Scientist, Intern - Cybersecurity
Company: Visa
Location: Ashburn
Posted on: November 9, 2024
Job Description:
Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in payments and
technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing
safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and
government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each
year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most
innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network,
enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while
driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by
being the best way to pay and be paid.Make an impact with a
purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life
at Visa.Job DescriptionVisa Cybersecurity
Visa's Cybersecurity team provides enterprise-wide, risk-based
cybersecurity policies, practices, and solutions to protect Visa's
systems and data from internal and external threats. To protect
Visa's assets in this dynamic threat landscape, they are deploying
new cyber-security tools, collaborating across industries, and
taking a proactive approach to monitoring the cyberspace beyond the
Visa network.
Imagine working for one of the pioneers in the payment technology
space. The kind of company that's been setting the bar for the way
people pay and get paid for more than 50 years, and continues to
innovate on a global scale. Now imagine that company is less than
10,000 employees worldwide, small enough that you'll actually have
an impact and do some amazing things. Sounds pretty awesome. Well,
that company exists and it's Visa.About Us
As part of Cyber Threat Analytics and Research team (CTAR), an
intern will leverage cutting-edge technologies to perform
statistical profiling, inference, classification, clustering and
predictive analysis. As a key member of the technical team, you
will create and implement sophisticated machine learning models to
help derive new insights to defend against cyber-attacks. You will
be working with a large variety of data sets, cutting-edge security
technologies, and world-class operation teams to create awesome
analytics for security and other business units.Some job duties and
projects could include:
- As a member of the CTAR team, you will work closely with other
data scientists and data engineers to build, design, engineer, and
develop analytical software and services that deliver security
functionality and improve security efficiency and capabilities
through automation.
- Utilize information retrieval, data analytics, and statistical
modeling techniques to build new machine learning models and apply
it to cybersecurity use cases. This will include the entire
lifecycle includingdata acquisition, feature engineering, model
development, training, testing, deployment, operationalization, and
tuning.
- Support and optimize other existing analytical
models/products.
- Assist in shaping overall direction, life-cycle management, and
leadership for Information Security architecture and technology
related to Visa.
- Communicate clean and persuasive data directly to end users,
leadership, and other stakeholders, technical and
non-technical.QualificationsBasic Qualifications
- Students pursuing a Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, CIS/MIS, Cybersecurity, Business or
a related field, with less than 2 years relevant work experience,
graduating December 2025 or later.
- Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of
repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise
written and spoken communications that demonstrate professional
judgment.Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Python.
- Basic understanding of SQL, JavaScript, XML, JSON, and
HTML
- Basic understanding of Statistical principles.
- Familiarity with database applications (Access, Oracle, SQL, or
equivalent technology)
- Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of
repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise
written and spoken communications, and communications that
demonstrate professional judgment.
- The ability to take on challenges and address problems
head-on
- Strong ability to collaborate
- Highly driven, resourceful and results oriented
- Good team player and excellent interpersonal skills
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead and navigate through
ambiguityAdditional InformationU.S. APPLICANTS ONLY:The estimated
hourly range for a new hire into this position is $27.00 to $31.00
which may include potential sales incentive payments (if
applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which
may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In
addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa
has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be
eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA,
Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.Work
Authorization:Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in
connection with this position. Future sponsorship will not be
considered.Work Hours:Varies upon the needs of the department.This
is a hybrid position:Hybrid employees can alternate time between
both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to
work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by
leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office
50% or more of the time based on business needs.Travel
Requirements:This position requires travel5-10% of the
time.Mental/Physical Requirements:This position will be performed
in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to
sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone,
frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones
and computers.Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also
consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal
histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and
applicable local law.Visa will consider for employment qualified
applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with
applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of
the San Francisco Police Code.
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