Senior Data Scientist, Cyber Threat Intelligence (SKY0084)

Our Purpose We strive to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses to realize their maximum potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do within and outside our company. We nurture a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results. Title and Summary Senior Data Scientist, Cyber Threat Intelligence (SKY0084) Overview: Mastercard’s Cyber & Intelligence (C&I) team is tasked with the innovation, development, and management of our world-class products and services to address evolving risk and security needs and lead multi-product commercialization initiatives for all Mastercard’s global customers. Within this organization, the Cyber Threat Intelligence team is responsible for developing and managing cybersecurity-related products and services which Mastercard offers to customers spanning among consumers, issuers, acquirers, processors, and merchants. Given the rapid expansion of the cybersecurity industry in response to diverse and costly global cyber threats affecting all business sectors, accessible and affordable cybersecurity solutions often remain out of reach for many businesses and organizations. Our objective in C&I is to provide such solutions to our customers. Role & Responsibilities: The specifically appointed individual will be required to: • Collaborate closely with global & regional teams to architect, develop, and maintain advanced reporting and data visualization capabilities on large data volumes to support analytics and reporting needs across products, markets, and services. • Obtain data from multiple sources, collate, analyze, and triangulate information to develop reliable fact bases. Use tools effectively to manipulate large-scale databases and synthesize data insights. • Execute cross-functional projects using advanced modeling and analysis techniques to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities. • Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, dashboards, and performance metrics to support key business decisions. • Provide first-level insights/conclusions/assessments and present findings via Tableau/PowerBI dashboards, Excel, and PowerPoint. • Apply quality control, data validation, and cleansing processes to new and existing data sources. Profile Requirements/ Qualifications: • Applicants without substantial professional experience will not be considered for this role. • Candidates should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Data or Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics. • Prior experience working with payment card data (Authorization, Clearing, Debit, Fraud). • Must be a capable coder, able to write well-abstracted, production-quality code in preferred Python, R. • Must exhibit strong attention to detail and quality and excellent problem-solving, quantitative, and analytical skills. • Ability to identify and understand data patterns and anomalies. • Experience in data management, data mining, data analytics, data reporting, data product development, and quantitative analysis. In the U.S., Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization, and therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: • Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices. • Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed. • Report any suspected information security violation or breach. • Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines. Pay Ranges New York City, New York: $134,000 - $208,000 USD