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# Sr Data Scientist - FDE - Security Check (SC) Clearance

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £74,700.0 - £122,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Integrity, Software Debugging, Unstructured Data, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/EBF6AEE3C117426D8B7B935B0383DEAC/job/

## About the Role

The successful candidate must have or be able to obtain the Security Check (SC) clearance as issued by the United Kingdom Security Vetting Unit (UKSV). Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role., * Bachelor's OR Master's OR Doctorate Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

 * Demonstrated experience or a strong interest in working in customer-facing environments
 * Comfortable with a travel requirement of approximately 25%

## Description

* You will acquire the data necessary for your project plan and develop usable data sets for modeling. You'll also update internal best practices for data collection and preparation, and contribute to data integrity conversations with customers.
 * You will evaluate your team's models and recommend improvements as necessary, drive best practices for models, and develop operational models that run at scale. You'll also conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, and identify and invent new evaluation methods.
 * You will research and maintain a deep knowledge of the industry, including trends and technologies, so that you can identify strategy opportunities and contribute to thought leadership best practices. You'll also write extensible code that spans multiple features, and develop expertise in proper debugging techniques.
 * You will define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities. You'll also apply a customer-oriented focus to understand their needs, and help drive realistic customer expectations.
 * You will embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) .


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