I'm an engineer that does hiring as part of my duties. I don't ever look at the degree. To signal your skills, I'd think about the industry you want to work in

I'm an engineer that does hiring as part of my duties. I don't ever look at the degree. To signal your skills, I'd think about the industry you want to work in, and try and work on a project that is similar to work you'd like to do. For example, if you're wanting to get into Data Science, find a data set, pick a question and answer it. Build visualisations, implement ML algorithms, etc. Put your code up online and write a blog post (or several) about the process. A year spent doing that would be worth more in my eyes than a MS.