Data Analyst
Elder Research
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: District of Columbia • Maryland • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for data mining, data preparation, and reporting.
- Prepare and conduct analyses and studies, needs/gaps assessments.
- Applies knowledge to determine the accuracy and reasonableness of the data, recommendations, and solutions proposed.
- Documents and summarizes the results and develops and recommended solutions to the customers problems.
- Prepares big data, implements data models developed by others, and provides database support for customer solutions.
- Key member of a data science project team, supporting data scientists or other consultants in the performance of assigned tasks.
Requirements
- Four (4) years relevant experience in applied research, big data analytics, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, computer science, operations research or other closely related other quantitative or mathematical discipline.
- At least two (2) years of experience applied data science research or big data analytics.
- Bachelors Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research or other closely related scientific or technical discipline
- A Masters degree may be substituted for up to two (2) years of relevant experience.
- A PhD may be substituted for experience.
- Knowledge of data mining methods, databases, data visualization and machine learning.
- Experience with analytic techniques such as Anomaly detection, Clustering, and Time-series (e.g., ARIMA)
- Experience implementing NLP concepts including preprocessing (stemming, etc.), TF-IDF, Named Entity Recognition, and LLMs.
- Ability to communicate analysis techniques, concepts, and products.
- Ability to develop data-driven analysis and reports based on data visualizations and data models.
- Strong SQL skills, and ability to identify issues with data.
- Experience with Qlik.
- Experience with Tableau.
- Experience with PowerBI tools.
- Familiarity with Databricks or similar cloud-based distributed database technologies
- Understanding of database and database design
- Demonstrated experience with cleaning, management, optimizing performance and processing large volumes of data.
- Demonstrated experience within an AWS environment (AWS certifications preferred)
- Familiarity with industry best-practices for software-hardware optimization when processing large sets of data.
- Ability to travel to and work on site at clients as needed.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary and Benefits
- Important Work / Make a Difference: supporting Customs and Border Protection in their efforts to protect the United States.
- Job Stability : Elder Research is not a typical government contractor, we hire you for a career not just a contract.
- Remote Work: in an industry of declining remote work opportunities.
- People-Focused Culture: we prioritize work-life-balance and provide a positive, supportive work environment as well as opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
- Company Stock Ownership: all employees are provided with shares of the company each year based on company value and profits.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data miningdata preparationbig data analyticsstatisticsapplied mathematicsdata sciencemachine learningSQLNLPdata visualization
Soft Skills
communicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingteam collaborationreporting
Certifications
AWS certifications