Sr Assessment Data Analyst

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Functional Experts

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Data Analysis, Qualitative Data

Certifications:

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Sr Assessment Data Analyst you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on the Sr Assessment Data Analyst supporting the assessments of an internet-based social media program in Tampa, FL with focus on a specific region or client priority. 

The The Sr Assessment Data Analyst is a key member of a team responsible for evaluating and executing assessment strategies. Requirements: 1) Collection of metrics to assess program effectiveness as it relates to both individual/team performance and the overall fulfillment of defined objectives; 2) Data management including parsing, sanitizing, & restructuring data from various sources and combining them into specific formats; 3) Use of operational details and intended outcomes to determine appropriate analyses and data requirements; and, 4) Conduct analyses, summarize results, and write reports and presentations able to provide actionable insights to a lay audience. The work environment is fast-paced, fluid and highly collaborative, but requires candidates with skillsets to complete projects with minimal supervision.

HOW A SR ASSESSMENT DATA ANALYST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Provide assessment through quantitative and qualitative analyses

• Evaluate and execute assessment strategies requiring collection metrics related to both individual and team performance and program objectives

• Restructure data from various sources, and analyzing the data to provide actionable insights

• Use Intermediate Excel skills to extract data from CSV & 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

• Collect and synthesize qualitative vignettes that provide support for data interpretations

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

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

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: 5+ years of related experience

Security Clearance Level: Minimum Secret clearance required; accepted candidates will be submitted for TS/SCI.  Active TS/SCI eligibility preferred.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• 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) & nonstandard delimited formats and provide preliminary error checking (e.g., ensure correct parsing, missing values, valid data types)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience using SQL to manipulate & 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 (i.e., R, Tableau)

• Understanding of and experience with MISO and/or IO activities at the strategic or tactical level

• Experience working with cross-functional teams at a c