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data scientist Olympia, WA

State of Washington

Full Time Olympia, WA 112008 - 102000 USD ANNUAL Today

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Description

Note: This position is eligible for telework. There may be traveling involved to in-person activities, meetings, and events.

Who we are:
Our work at the Office of Financial Management (OFM) serves as a crucial part of the decision-making that the governor, Legislature and state agencies do each year. As an employee of OFM, you will be part of a team of dedicated professionals who work hard every day to provide the vital information and services they need to serve the people of Washington.

Within OFM, our Forecasting Division provides estimates of state and local population, monitors changes in the state economy and labor force, conducts research on a variety of issues affecting the state budget and public policy, and. conducts analyses of early learning, K-12, higher education and workforce training programs and education and training issues across the P-20 plus employment spectrum.

What this job is about:
As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll be relied upon as a senior professional, responsible for providing data collection, validation and business/technical requirements for maintenance and improvements to the Public Higher Education Enrollment system (PCHEES). You'll also provide leadership in integrating the PCHEES data into the P20W Longitudinal Research database. In addition, you'll provide administrative functions around secure file transfer account maintenance and services.

We are looking for someone that can provide technical assistance and services for higher education enrollment collection activities and secure data management support. If playing a key role in supporting and improving state government matters to you, you’ve found the right place!

What we offer our employees:

An environment of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to hire, cultivate and retain a competitive workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules, wellness program, mobile arrangements and telework opportunities.
Employees (and their families) have coverage options for medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance.
Opportunity to enroll in state retirement programs and a deferred compensation plan.
A minimum of 14 days of vacation leave per year and 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
A commute trip reduction program, tuition reimbursement, membership to statewide Business Resource Groups and an Infants-at-Work program.

See our Benefits page for more information.

Duties

What you’ll do:

Provide Technical Data and System Liaison between Business and IT Support: Utilize strong IT technical skills, extensive higher education business knowledge, and in-depth understanding of the PCHEES application, databases, and data flows, work as a technical liaison to help identify technical requirements and potential impacts on system.
Higher Education Data Analysis for Reporting: Play a central role with higher education enrollment data stakeholders to complete data collection and analysis.
- Define data and reporting requirements;
- Validate reported data;
- Utilize expert knowledge of data, business, and application logic to identify and document the data, rules, and attribute necessary to meet user requirement changes.
Perform Annual Maintenance Activities for PCHEES application and PCHEES Dashboard: Work with business analyst, tester, developers, and stakeholders as needed to perform activities in support of annual maintenance of both the PCHEES application and the PCHEES dashboard.
Perform data extracts and validation in response to internal and external data requests.
Manage Secure File Transfer accounts for the ERDC and Population Units within the Forecasting Division: Develop standard procedures to prevent errors when SFT accounts are created, updated or removed.

Qualifications

Required:

PLEASE NOTE: The requirement of a graduate degree may be waived for applicants with at least five years of senior-level experience and an advanced technical and business knowledge of one of the major state education information systems and how to transpose data into research analytical files.

A graduate degree involving quantitative research, including formal education in the use of descriptive statistics, multivariate statistics and regression models.

A bachelor degree involving quantitative research, including formal education in the use of descriptive statistics, multivariate statistics and regression models with ten or more years of appropriate experience may also be considered.

AND

Strong data management skills and experience working with large, complex databases in a research setting.
Competence in data analysis using statistical software such as SAS, STATA or equivalent.
Ability to create complex SQL statements extracting, aggregating, filtering and joining data from multiple tables.
Ability to convert data and analysis to practical, understandable information.
Ability to communicate effectively including communicating complex data and analysis, to audiences with limited knowledge of research and statistical methods.

Desired:

Working knowledge of higher education and student financial aid programs and data.
Advanced skills in SAS 9.x or similar statistical software, or SQL or similar programming language.
Expertise in logical database design.
Experience performing identity resolution activities.
Experience working with sensitive data.
Five or more years of experience in related work.
Working knowledge of Informatica and Master Data Management software.

Supplemental Information

How to apply:
Interested? We would love to hear from you. Click “Apply” at the top of this page to start your application (you can save the application and come back to it, if needed).

To be considered for this position, please include the following along with your application:

Letter of interest: describing your specific qualifications.
Resume: that details your applicable experience and education.
References: at least three professional references with current telephone numbers.

We will directly contact the top candidates to interview for this position. Because we base our selection on the information you provide, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills and abilities that address the required and desirable qualifications we described above.

Questions:
For questions about this recruitment or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email Ashley at [email protected]. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.

The Office of Financial Management is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, and disabled and Vietnam-era veterans are encouraged to apply. Dial 711 to reach the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf system.

Special Note: This position is exempt from civil service rules.

For more information, please see WAC 357-19-195.

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