Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Apply analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to fulfill requests for information.
• Engage customers for feedback on data solutions and recommend changes based on that feedback.
• Create and manipulate analytics reports using a variety of reporting sources.
• Collaborate effectively with other teams and researchers to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas.
• Refine and scale data management and analytics procedures, systems, workflows, and best practices.
• Build prototypes and proof of concepts for the possible solutions.
• Code, test, and document new or modified data systems to create robust and scalable applications.
• Contribute to efforts in creating, refining, managing and enforcing data management policies, procedures, conventions and standards.
• Diagnose problems using formal problem-solving tools and techniques from multiple angles and probe underlying issues to generate multiple potential solutions.
• Keep abreast of developments in the data analytics field, writing technical reports, conference and journal papers as appropriate, review scientific papers and proposals as appropriate.
• Participate in writing joint proposals with analytics staff and/or application teams.
• Complement and work as an integral part of a larger team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and experience working in data science OR Bachelor’s degree from a data science field such as Computer Science, Information Sciences, or Informatics.
• Master’s degree from a data science field such as Computer Science, Information Sciences, or Informatics.
• Experience working with AWS and/or other cloud compute resources/environments.
• Experience using Splunk.
• Experience working with Tableau.
• Data science certifications.

Key Skills:

• Data cleaning and preparation.
• Data analysis and exploration.
• Statistical knowledge.
• Creating data visualizations.
• Creating dashboards and reports.
• Writing and communication.
• Domain knowledge.
• Problem solving.