Data Analyst (Cleared)

About the role

This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.

Responsibilities

• Carry out data mining, data preparation, reporting, analysis, studies, and needs/gaps assessments to support complex mission and operational questions
• Prepare, clean, transform, validate, and analyze structured and unstructured data from multiple sources
• Assess the accuracy, completeness, reasonableness, and usability of data, recommendations, and proposed solutions
• Document analytical results, summarize findings, and contribute to recommended solutions for customer problems
• Support senior data scientists in evaluating stakeholder requirements and determining feasibility of proposed analytical approaches
• Implement data models developed by senior data scientists or other technical team members
• Provide database support for customer solutions, including data extraction, data validation, data profiling, and data quality support
• Develop data-driven analyses, reports, dashboards, and visualizations based on data models and stakeholder requirements
• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, data architects, developers, UX/UI designers, and project managers to deliver end-to-end analytical capabilities
• Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, task estimation, status reporting, demonstrations, and issue resolution
• Communicate analytical concepts, methods, findings, and products to technical and non-technical audiences
• Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for data issues, reporting inconsistencies, and analytical product defects
• Maintain documentation for datasets, analytical methods, data transformations, reports, dashboards, and workflows

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements
• Recent DHS Public Trust, DoD Secret, or DoD Top Secret clearance required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CBP background investigation or other required government suitability determination
• Reside in the U.S. and be able to support onsite work in the Washington, DC Metro area, including Ashburn, VA, as needed
• Four (4) years of relevant experience in applied research directed to machine learning, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, computer science, operations research, or another closely related quantitative or mathematical discipline
• At least two (2) years of experience in applied data science research or big data analytics
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, Analytics, or another closely related scientific or technical discipline
• Demonstrated knowledge of data mining methods, databases, data visualization, and machine learning
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, anomalies, inconsistencies, and meaningful patterns in data
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain data findings, analytical concepts, and reporting products to technical and non-technical audiences
• Detail-oriented with a focus on data accuracy, completeness, documentation, and quality
• The ability to translate stakeholder questions and operational needs into practical data analyses, reports, and visualizations
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in an Agile environment
• Collaborative and proactive with the ability to work effectively with data scientists, engineers, architects, developers, project managers, and end users
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under occasional supervision
• Mission-focused with a commitment to delivering actionable, reliable, and high-quality analytical support that improves government decision-making and operational outcomes

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, Analytics, or another closely related discipline
• Experience supporting DHS, CBP, or other federal law enforcement, trade, revenue, regulatory, or mission operations environments
• Experience supporting analytical solutions for fraud detection, trade evasion, revenue protection, import safety, forced labor, intellectual property rights, supply chain risk, or other enforcement and compliance use cases
• Experience working with high-volume structured and unstructured data from disparate sources, including transactional, entity, network, operational, or case management data
• Experience using SQL, Python, R, Excel, SAS, Spark, Databricks, AWS, or similar tools for data preparation, analysis, reporting, or visualization
• Experience with data profiling, data quality assessment, data cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and issue documentation
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, data visualizations, or self-service analytics products using Tableau, Power BI, QuickSight, or similar platforms
• Experience supporting machine learning, statistical modeling, anomaly detection, entity resolution, network analysis, cohort analysis, or risk-scoring projects
• Experience writing analytical summaries, technical documentation, user guides, data dictionaries, or standard operating procedures
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or similar iterative delivery environments
• Experience working in secure, compliant federal IT or data environments

Skills

• Hands-on experience with data analysis, data preparation, reporting, database support, and visualization
• Ability to work closely with data scientists, engineers, architects, project managers, and government stakeholders
• Assessment of the accuracy and reasonableness of data
• Support implementation of analytical models
• Document findings
• Help transform data into clear, concise, and actionable insights

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$67,063.00 - $114,008.00

Schedule

Not specified