Data Analyst

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Functional Experts

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytics, Data Analysis, Researching

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Job Description

As a Data Analyst, you will play a critical role in driving success and innovation. Our work depends on a Data Analyst joining our team to support the assessments of an internet-based social media program in Tampa, FL, with a focus on a specific region or client priority. As a key member of the assessment team, you will be responsible for evaluating and executing assessment strategies, collecting metrics, managing data, and providing actionable insights to support program objectives. This role requires a highly collaborative individual who can thrive in a fast-paced, fluid environment while completing projects with minimal supervision.

HOW A DATA ANALYST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Provides assessment through quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate program effectiveness.

• Evaluates and executes assessment strategies requiring collection of metrics related to both individual and team performance and program objectives.

• Restructures data from various sources and analyzes the data to provide actionable insights.

• Uses intermediate Excel skills to extract data from CSV and other delimited text formats, restructure data as needed (e.g., PivotTables, basic formulas), and update existing summary information (e.g., tables, graphics) for presentation to senior leadership.

• Collects and synthesizes qualitative vignettes that provide support for data interpretations.

• Employs superior written communication to create meaningful stories by combining quantitative (e.g., correlation, trends over time) and qualitative data.

• Works with stakeholders to ensure assessment products have the appropriate focus and are providing an accurate representation of the environment.

• Conducts analyses, summarizes results, and writes reports and presentations to provide actionable insights to a lay audience.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited university with a major in the Social Sciences (Political Science, Economics, Sociology, etc.), Business, or a related field required.

Experience:

• Requires 5+ years of related experience.

• Familiarity with basic statistical methods (e.g., GLM).

• Intermediate Excel skills (e.g., PivotTables, formulas, create/update graphs).

• Intermediate data analysis skills, including the ability to understand and work with structured data in standard (e.g., CSV, JSON) and nonstandard delimited formats and provide preliminary error checking (e.g., ensure correct parsing, missing values, valid data types).

Security Clearance Level:

• Minimum Secret clearance required; accepted candidates will be submitted for TS/SCI.

• Active TS/SCI eligibility preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Ability to complete projects with minimal supervision.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience using SQL to manipulate and analyze data stored in relational databases (e.g., MS Access, PostgreSQL).

• Ability to devise measurement strategy given a research question and existing data constraints.

• Familiarity with advanced analytics (e.g., SNA, NLP, ML).

• Familiarity with data visualization, including experience with common visualization software (e.g., R, Tableau).

Location:

• Customer Site (Tampa, FL).

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