Job Description
Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Data Analyst/Scientist to join our team, supporting a large project at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As a Data Analyst/Scientist, you will apply analysis skill sets and methods to support building processes that manage and improve our customers response posture to system events impacting end users and Veterans. This includes working with business partners to improve communication and responsiveness to application failures by minimizing impacts in performance degradation and availability, working towards a significant reduction in application downtime and impact to the users. In this role you will directly support a chief data scientist team lead, working alongside analytics and data science professionals.
Responsibilities
Areas of support include:
- Conducts quantitative analysis using operations research tools, economics, and other quantitative techniques in the areas of procedural implementations and performance issues.
- Supports the creation of analysis procedures and works with engineers and team leads to facilitate analysis, define data definitions, and gather requirements to support inputs.
- Supports the finding and leverage methods to extract difficult or unstructured data from systems
- Develop algorithms to transform and combine said data into useful and actionable information.
- Add new features and information to the Central Data Warehouse (CDW); coordinate with team members and other OTG and VA teams to capture and import necessary data.
- Uses modern data analytics and business intelligence tools (ex: R, SAS, Python, others) to mine data from systems, compile and compare data sources, and identify impactful trends or insight related to Major Incident Management (MIM), Problem Management (PM), High Priority Incident (HPI), and Critical Priority Incident (CPI), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Build, test, and maintain database pipeline architectures using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
- Supports the collection, development, and/or editing of content for white papers and other
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree is preferred in Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Resource Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research or related fields.
- 5+ years of relative experience
- 8 to 10 years of relevant experience may be substituted for education (13-15 years total)
- Communication devices; and assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of executive communication to effect process improvement
Skills:
- Experience in modeling and simulation functions or operations such as, but not limited to exercises, plans, coordination, demonstrations, and instruction in applicable fields.
- Experience with data analytics and business intelligence tools (ex: R, SAS, Python, others) to mine data from systems, compile and compare data sources, and identify impactful trends or insight
- Ability to communicate and present findings, material, or other pertinent information with contract leadership, client and business stakeholders, and team members.
- Experience working with teams to accept and provide guidance and feedback
Eligibility:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal public trust clearance for this role.
Compensation:
Salary for this position is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, location, the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements. The proposed salary range for this position is outlined below:
Salary range: $100,000 - $115,000.
Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental and vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and matching 401K plan.
