data analyst Aberdeen, MD
Job description
Data Analyst
Fairwinds Technologies is looking for two Data Analysts to perform deep analysis of data and then determine the best way to represent it visually to managers and stakeholders. The data analysts will ensure quality assurance, process documentation, and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
This position is contingent upon contract award.
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD
Compensation: Base Salary
Supervisor: TBD
Minimum Qualifications:
- 10 years of experience
- Serve as a subject matter expert on analytical and data visualization best practices.
- DoD Secret Clearance
- Critical thinking skills, talent for project planning and execution, ability to convert hypotheses into clear action items, and focus on results.
- Prior experience converting your analytic results into stories and presenting them to peers and senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Assesses complex data systems and programs in support of ad-hoc and standing management or customer requests.
- Creates programs, methodologies, and files for analyzing and presenting data.
- Examines data quality, applications, and functions.
- Produces output and sustains operation.
- Research new data sources and analytical tools.
- Contributes to new product development and improvement in product delivery and presentation.
- Develops awareness of and familiarity with issues and events affecting organization, department, and/or customer.
- Uses and supports database applications and analytical tools.
- Uses timely and appropriate participation of users/customers in data collection and query systems.
- Create and maintain views into data sets to provide visualization of data analysis.
- Preparing daily/period reports and dashboards to communicate outcomes of data analyst activities.
- Integrate, configure, apply, and troubleshoot methods and software that mine and analyze data.
- Utilize your strong analytical skills to collect, organize, and analyze large datasets from multiple sources.
- Perform data quality checks, identify data inconsistencies, and propose data cleansing strategies.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full time, exempt position.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
Must be a U.S citizen with the ability to possess a valid US DoD security clearance.
AAP/EEO Statement
Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
