Cyber Modeler

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Extreme Event Solutions

Company Description

AIR Worldwide (AIR), a Verisk business, provides risk modeling solutions that make individuals, businesses, and society more resilient to extreme events. In 1987, AIR Worldwide founded the catastrophe modeling industry and today models the risk from natural catastrophes, terrorism, pandemics, casualty catastrophes, and cyber attacks, globally. Insurance, reinsurance, financial, corporate, and government clients rely on AIR’s advanced science, software, and consulting services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-linked securities, site-specific engineering analyses, and agricultural risk management. AIR Worldwide, is headquartered in Boston with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. To learn more about AIR, please visit us at: www.air-worldwide.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!

With a history of impressive growth, an innovative culture, and offering industry-leading solutions, Verisk Analytics is an amazing place to work and make a difference. In 2018, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World’s Best Employers list and, in 2017, to its World’s Most Innovative Companies list for the third consecutive year. We also earned the Great Place to Work® Certification for the third consecutive year in recognition of our outstanding workplace culture.

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations integrated into customer workflows. We’ve been delivering predictive analytics and decision support solutions to our customers for nearly 50 years, helping them protect people, property, and financial assets. At Verisk, you’ll be part of an organization that’s committed to serving the long-term interests of our stakeholders, including the communities where we operate.

At Verisk, you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create a positive and lasting impact on the business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business will be heard. As key contributors to our success, our team members enjoy working in a business-casual, collaborative environment that offers state-of-the-art resources, advanced technologies, and an excellent benefits package.

Job Description

AIR Worldwide, the leader in risk modeling solutions, is seeking a Research Scientist for our Boston office to join our growing cyber risk modeling team.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to an exciting and emerging modeling project early in the development process.  Learn more about AIR’s work in cyber risk modeling here: http://www.air-worldwide.com/Models/Cyber/.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

·       Work in a team responsible for developing cutting edge models to estimate potential losses from cyber attacks

·       Collaborate with members of AIR’s marketing, sales, consulting, and product management teams to get solutions into the market

·       Understand how cyber attacks occur, gather relevant cyber data and apply state of the art data science techniques

·       Develop code and run probabilistic modeling simulations; model extreme cyber scenarios; perform validation and verification of model output, including loss estimates associated with individual perils, such as business interruption and liability

·       Participate in client studies and consulting projects; respond to client questions; ensure that models adhere to regulatory standards

 

Background and qualifications:

·       Previous experience in cyber risk management and/or cyber security

·       Strong background in data analysis, probability, and statistics (preferably including stochastic processes, time series analysis, regression modeling, Monte Carlo methods, etc.)

·       Solid scientific programming skills, preferably including experience with either C++ or Java, either Python (specifically numpy/pandas) or R, and SQL

·       Strong communication and presentation skills

 

 

Degree requirements:

·       M.S. in a quantitative field (Ph.D. preferred)

·       2+ years of experience in a technical environment

Additional Information

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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