Data Analyst

You will be joining Near, one of the fastest growing Enterprise SaaS companies and experience a true start-up culture with the freedom to experiment and innovate. At Near, we believe that great culture is not just about work; it’s work + life. We not only encourage our employees to dream big, but also give them the freedom and the tools to do so.

The Near Data Analytics and Solutions team is looking for a talented Data Analyst to extract insights from location data, build visualizations that tell a story, and work with clients to use data to solve their critical business questions. These questions may be clearly or loosely defined; the Data Analyst should have a framework for approaching either. A qualified candidate should be comfortable with not only manipulating data but also communicating findings to help better guide the client in their business decision making.

A Day in the Life:

• Apply quantitative analysis, data mining and visualizations to see beyond the numbers and understand how data results can inform the client’s business.
• Uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) fundamental concepts and practices to accomplish analytical tasks.
• Serve as reporting expert for the team by developing report requests and interpreting data.
• Work collaboratively with the analyst team and other teams.
• Work with big data and process large datasets with confidence, be able to understand the ins and outs of both structured and unstructured data.
• Provide quality client facing data analysis

What you bring to the role:

• Experience with Python, ArcGIS/QGIS, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, or other data analytics/spatial data visualization tools.
• Experience with AWS technologies such as EC2, S3, Athena, Redshift and Amazon EMR
• Experience in STEM, Geospatial, Economics, or Finance industry, OR relevant bachelor’s degree
• Comfortable using massive datasets and the big data ecosystem.
• Demonstrated ability working independently and applying exceptional creativity in solving open-ended problems.
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau to communicate insights.
• Exceptional Python scripting experience to perform data wrangling and analysis. Pandas/numpy stack preferred. Work with Geopandas / Shapely a plus
• Strong passion for answering key business questions with data
• Strong business acumen, analytics experience and communication skills
• Experience presenting insights and solutions to executive stakeholders
• Track record of driving business value and growth by leveraging analytics and innovative solutions
• Outstanding verbal, written, and visual communication skills.Thrive in a fast-paced environment