Senior Staff Data Scientist (Xpanse)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything begins and concludes with our mission:

To be the cybersecurity partner of choice, safeguarding our digital lifestyle.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. Being a challenge-based company, we disrupt the status quo and are seeking innovators equally committed to defining the future of cybersecurity.

Our Approach to Work

We promote flexibility and choice in all our people programs. We have revolutionized the traditional view that all employees have identical needs and desires. We prioritize personalization and provide our employees with the opportunity to choose what suits them best - from wellbeing support to personal growth and development, and much more!

At Palo Alto Networks, we have faith in the power of teamwork and consider in-person interactions valuable. Hence, our employees typically work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where they find the most effective. This arrangement encourages casual conversations, problem-solving, and solid relationships. We aim to create an environment that fosters innovation, with office-based teams collaborating and flourishing together for three days a week!

Job Description

Your Career

We're seeking a dynamic Data Scientist to join a burgeoning Product Analytics team at Xpanse, the newest division of Palo Alto Networks Cortex.

Xpanse secures some of the world’s largest organizations from malicious software and cyber attackers. Our global collections structure offers the most detailed perspective of the public Internet's device layer. In this role, you will gain access to the unique data that we collect and monitor continuously. You will discover essential cybersecurity insights to protect customers in datasets ranging in size from gigs to petabytes.

Your Impact

• Provide directional guidance for the product through user analytics data
• Partner across teams to comprehend different stakeholders, assess internal analytics tool usage, and extract new value from our data
• Measure the success of initiatives, projects, and product features using different data sources
• Investigate and analyze our internal data for cybersecurity insights relevant to our present or potential customers
• Create prototypes that provide data insights for customers and assist in their operationalization
• Innovate new techniques, technologies, and understandings of the Internet: on this team, the entire Internet is our playground

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Degree in a quantitative or technical field like Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field, or equivalent military experience is essential
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and database operations
• Software development or systems experience is preferred but not compulsory
• A background in collaborative research, collaborative code development, or previous data work
• Ability (and enthusiasm) to take on ambiguous projects and develop new solutions
• Curiosity - you ask questions and want to comprehend the reasons 'why'

Additional Information

The Team

Our analytics team lies at the heart of all data activity at Xpanse. Our analysts support all departments via our contributions in AI (for instance building internal tools and assessing AI feature usage), Modeling and Forecasting (like customer account health models), Experimentation, Segmentation and Clustering, and User Behavior Reporting. We need individuals who are comfortable amidst ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and powered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our Commitment

We’re pioneers that dream big, take risks, and challenge the status quo of cybersecurity. It’s simple: our mission cannot be achieved without diverse teams innovating, in unison.

We are committed to offering reasonable accommodations for all individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We display diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without bias to age, lineage, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation provided for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer as advertised, the initiation base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commission-based roles) is expected to range between $124,600/yr to $201,650/yr. The proposed compensation may also consist of restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits can be found here.