Data Scientist

What The Role Is ISD confronts and addresses threats to Singapore’s internal security and stability. For over 70 years, ISD and its predecessor organisations have played a central role in countering threats such as those posed by foreign subversive elements, spies, racial and religious extremists, and terrorists. A fulfilling and rewarding career awaits those who want to join in ISD’s critical mission of keeping Singapore safe, secure and sovereign for all Singaporeans.

What You Will Be Working On

• Conducting end-to-end data mining on complex data sources, including processing, cleaning, integrating, analysing, visualising and detecting anomalies
• Present and communicate data-driven findings and recommendations in a coherent, intuitive and concise manner to stakeholders and management
• Evaluate and improve upon internal analytical and machine learning tools
• Identify, select, and develop suitable AI or machine learning models for a wide array of problem statements and business principles
• Work closely with end users, data engineers and project managers in the planning, development, scaling up, and delivery of solutions

What We Are Looking For

• Applicants with no experience may apply
• Curious, self-motivated, resourceful, meticulous and enjoys challenges.
• Passionate about data analytics, data mining, logic, and problem solving.
• Excellent understanding of mathematical, statistical and analytical concepts, and how they can be applied.
• Interest and ability to gain expertise in and keep abreast of new developments in data mining/ machine learning/ data analytics algorithms, tools and methods.
• Ability to keep the overarching objectives of the project in mind while pursuing the technical details.
• Knowledge and experience with the following would be an advantage :
• Statistical, analytical or numerical computing software and tools (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Matlab)
• Programming or scripting (Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Scala)
• Visual analytics or data visualisation techniques (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, D3)
• Machine learning and modelling (e.g. predictive analytics, natural language processing)
• Databases and related querying languages (e.g. SQL, Pig, Hive, SparkQL)
• Big data systems (e.g. Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, MapReduce)
• Only Singaporeans need apply

We wish to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.