Wynyard Group (NZ): Intelligent Systems Specialist

Intelligent Systems Specialist
Based in Christchurch, New Zealand

ROLE NUMBER: 1232

THE ROLE:

We are looking for an Intelligent Systems Specialist in our Christchurch office to deliver soundly-researched solutions for various exploitation and inference tasks. This includes formulation of models, development of algorithms, implementation and testing of prototypes, to deliver required functionality for anomaly detection, relationship discovery and event prediction engines that will form a core component of Wynyard’s information discovery platform. The research is expected to significantly enhance the performance of Wynyard’s advanced analytics.

Wynyard’s research function is currently focusing on the area of information discovery from structured and unstructured data. This work draws heavily on statistical modelling and probabilistic machine learning, such as Bayesian nonparametrics, probabilistic graphical models, variational approximation, belief propagation and random graphs (including stochastic blockmodels, random dot product graphs, latent space random graphs).

In addition to the specific research objectives, it is also anticipated that this position will provide general advice on techniques for evaluating information discovery systems, and suggest improvements to Wynyard’s overall strategy in this area.

THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

– Working as a crucial member of the research team responsible for enhancing Wynyard’s advanced analytics capabilities.
– Analysing solution requirements and formulation, implementation and testing of prototype solutions.
– Analysing problems in algorithm development and guiding the rectification of faults in programs.
– Guiding other members of the project team about relevant aspects of your specialty used in product research and development.
– Undertaking analysis of current technology in computational intelligence products and determining approaches to implement in our products, which will improve their applicability, performance and integrity.
– Meeting with user groups to gather and analyse end user requirements.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

– PhD or Masters in the areas of statistics / computer science / mathematics, preferably specializing in one or more of the following areas: Bayesian statistics (especially Bayesian nonparametrics, hierarchical models, probabilistic graphical models, variational approximation, belief propagation) or random graphs (especially stochastic blockmodels, random dot product graphs, latent space random graphs)
– Experience in applying the above skills and knowledge to realistic problems
– Experience in Matlab, R, Java, development of model-based machine learning / statistical algorithms
– Strong skills in statistics, probabilistic machine learning, data mining, relating entities and concepts, big data analysis
– Strong mathematical background, especially in statistical inference, probability theory, linear albegra and calculus, and preferably some knowledge of graph theory
– Good oral and written communication skills

WHO WE ARE:

Wynyard Group specialise in powerful software to help protect companies and countries from threat, crime and corruption.

Wynyard Group is a fast paced, rapidly growing, market leader in critical threat assessment and advanced crime analytics for government, financial services and critical national infrastructure. Wynyard’s powerful software helps assess threats, surface hidden relationships give new meaning to events and identify people of interest.

Bringing together world leading data scientists, software developers, and industry experts Wynyard creates powerful software that helps organisations understand their threats, connect the dots and uncover the truth. Working at Wynyard means being part of a team that is at the forefront of research and development into risk and threat assessment, crime analytics and investigations. The work is fast paced, and we are rapidly growing in all our locations.

Wynyard has more than 400 customers worldwide including Fortune 500 companies and leading government security agencies. Together, we’re tackling problems like serious and organised crime, money laundering, fraud and the growing concern over information security and privacy.

In less than 12 months we’ve achieved milestones such as listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX:WYN), winning NZ’s most innovative software product award and being awarded RiskTech100 APAC Category Winner by global technology analyst firm Chartis.

Wynyard Group is built on heritage and values of loyalty, curiosity, dogged perseverance and authenticity. Wynyard has offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Australia and New Zealand. Our advanced Crime Science Research Centre and main hub of application development is located in Christchurch, New Zealand.

For further information visit http://www.wynyardgroup.com

To apply, go to https://hire.jobvite.com/j?cj=ox01Yfwg&s=ISBA_(International_Society_for_Bayesian_Analysis)

ROLE NUMBER: 1232