DURATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR EQUIVALENCY

More than 6 months and up to 1 year 3 years
More than 1 year and up to 2 years 2 years

More than 2 years 1 year

• In addition to the above at least 3 years of total professional work experience gained after the award of the diploma.

PURPOSE OF THE POST:

The Specialist Technology & Development (Machine Learning Engineer Cybercrime) plays a key role in leveraging machine learning, data science and AI techniques in preventing and combating cybercrime.
The role focuses on assisting MS law enforcement by designing, developing, and optimising Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) and data enrichment processes to ensure efficient operational data integration and management across Europol’s systems. The Specialist handles large volumes of structured and unstructured data contributed by MS or collected from open sources, ensuring data quality and maintaining ETL pipelines, enhancing machine learning models and leveraging AI for data enrichment and analysis and reporting needs.
The Specialist further contributes to operational activities by scanning the environment and identifying emerging technologies, analysing patterns and developing new toolsets and technical solutions for the purpose of supporting investigations.

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

The incumbent carries out the following main functions and duties:

• Extract, transform and load data from multiple sources; clean, enrich and standardise data for consistency and usability;
• Load and store transformed data into platforms or systems and optimise for performance;
• Develop and implement machine learning models to extract insights, optimise processes, and enhance data-driven decision-making for operational and investigative purposes;
• Prepare reports, identifying opportunities for Europol and MS to collaborate on specific intelligence and information initiatives, leveraging data science techniques;
• Maintain close contact with EC3,other staff members across Europol and other relevant partner agencies or organisations;
• Stay up to date with developments and emerging technologies, particularly in the field of AI and machine learning, that may impact the law enforcement environment, ensuring state-of-the-art support and expertise for MS;
• Develop new toolsets and data science solutions particularly leveraging machine learning and AI and support the administration, maintenance and technical management of these solutions; document processes for repeatability, transparency and future enhancements;
• Enhance Europol’s ability to exploit criminal intelligence by implementing automated enrichment and analysis of datasets to support MS investigations;
• Participate in meetings, working groups, and conferences and deliver presentations;
• Provide on-the-spot operational support if and when needed;
• Perform any other duties within the area of competence as assigned by line management.