Senior Data Analyst

Our client is hiring a Senior Data Analyst to deliver high-quality reporting, analytics, and data-driven insights in support of a U.S. Federal Government agency. Working in a classified setting, this individual will create analyses, reports, and visual products for stakeholders across the department, agency, and broader federal community.

The selected candidate will partner with HR subject-matter experts, data engineering teams, and developers to extract and organize data, establish meaningful metrics, build dashboards, and communicate findings clearly to varied audiences.

This position requires a current TS/SCI security clearance. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technical and business SMEs, data owners, and program stakeholders to understand processes, reporting needs, critical data fields, security requirements, and the meaning of analytical findings.

• Execute established research and analytical methodologies.
• Deliver recurring, detailed status updates, reports, and analysis to leadership and customers.
• Work collaboratively and proactively with internal team members and external stakeholders.
• Design approaches for combining, organizing, standardizing, and preparing data for analysis.
• Interpret complex datasets that are specific to the organization and its mission.
• Turn data and analytical results into useful visualizations and interactive dashboards using commercial and open-source tools.
• Create briefing materials that explain technical or complex topics to nontechnical audiences.
• Guide customers on how to interpret and apply analytical products, reports, and findings.

Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, human resources, or a similar discipline.

• Experience creating dashboards with Tableau or comparable data visualization platforms.
• Working knowledge of Python, R, or similar programming languages.
• Experience using SQL and related database query languages, including MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with both business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; TS/SCI with polygraph is preferred.
• Ability to contribute successfully in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel and perform work at customer locations.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments at once.
• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, client-service, and presentation capabilities.
• Ability to build and maintain productive customer relationships., Interest in expanding capabilities in areas such as strategic planning, talent management, process mapping, organizational change, workforce planning, data analytics and visualization, and competency management.
• Willingness to pursue relevant professional or industry certifications.
• Prior management consulting experience.
• Familiarity with project management, business analysis, data analysis, strategic communications, or multimedia tools and methodologies.
• A creative and practical approach to solving challenging problems.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with personnel at all organizational levels.