Salesforce
Lead Data Scientist – Cyber Security Operations Center
$172K–$286K
Washington - Bellevue +2 · Office - Flexible · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Washington - Bellevue
Virginia - Mclean
California - San Francisco - Experience
- 8+ years in applied data science, machine learning, or AI engineering; alternatively, 6+ years with a relevant Master’s or Ph.D. Also requires 3+ years in technical leadership.
About the job
Leads data science and AI initiatives to build and scale cybersecurity threat detection and autonomous defenses for Salesforce’s cloud platform.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and architect detection models and frameworks from proof of concept through production.
- Lead cross-functional work to identify detection gaps and build agentic monitoring, automated threat correlation, and model feedback capabilities.
- Mentor data science teams, establish technical standards, and communicate findings and proposals to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in applied statistics, probability, and advanced machine learning.
- Experience deploying ML pipelines and models on multi-terabyte or petabyte-scale datasets.
- Production-level programming in Python, Java, or Scala, and fluency in big data frameworks and modern MLOps ecosystems.
- At least 3 years in technical leadership, owning project lifecycles from ideation to production.
Nice to have
- Cybersecurity domain expertise, including threat propagation, signal correlation, security log analysis, and behavioral threat modeling.
- Experience building agentic AI systems, automated reasoning, or generative AI workflows in high-consequence operational environments.
Pay
$172,500 - $260,100 annually (base salary, USD); $207,800 - $285,800 annually (base salary, USD)
Tools
Python, Java, Scala, Spark, PySpark, Flink
AI focus
Architects and delivers AI- and ML-driven threat detection, including agentic monitoring, automated threat correlation, and continuous model feedback loops.
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