Data Analyst
Job Description
Everforth ECS is seeking a Data Analyst for an onsite role in the Arlington, VA office. This position supports the CDM Data Services - BETSIE Program by managing data target and data quality elements, while delivering reporting and analytics that align with program objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure technical and performance objectives are met across data collection, processing, and analysis.
- Design and deliver reporting and analytics solutions independently and in partnership with stakeholders to support program goals.
- Work with cross-functional teams to gather and understand data requirements, surface pain points, and identify opportunities to improve data visualization and interaction.
- Handle ad hoc data requests, troubleshoot issues, and provide user education for reports and dashboards.
- Create, test, and demo reports and dashboards, incorporating feedback to improve user experiences.
- Enhance data quality and program metrics through documentation, automated data extraction, and visual reporting outputs.
- Monitor and analyze system performance metrics, identify trends or anomalies, and report findings on a regular basis.
- Research, build, and implement new reporting and analytics features.
- Perform other duties as needed to support program success.
Required Qualifications
- US citizenship with the ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability.
- At least 3 years of experience analyzing customer data requirements and prescribing and implementing solutions to meet those requirements.
- Prior experience working on data models, including: developing and documenting data models; adhering to data modeling standards; interpreting data model intent; managing the change process for data models; serving as a subject matter expert (SME) supporting data modeling efforts.
- Strong understanding of UML standards, including entities, attributes, and relationships on an ERD.
- Knowledge of database management systems, including both relational and non-relational databases.
- Understanding of data normalization processes.
- Knowledge of Federal Cybersecurity and Federal Cybersecurity and Risk Management policies and practices, including FISMA, NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-30, NIST 800-39, NISTIR 8286 Series, and FedRAMP.
- Experience creating and maintaining Data Dictionaries and/or Data Catalogs to describe data inventories and schemas.
- Knowledge of data transformation processes and experience documenting and maintaining data lineage, with emphasis on traceability of transformed data to source data.
- Experience using data cataloging and governance tools, specifically Alation and Collibra.
- Experience automating assessment of data quality.
Technologies
- UML, ERD
- Relational, non-relational databases
- FISMA
- NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-30, NIST 800-39
- NISTIR 8286 Series, FedRAMP
- Data Dictionaries, Data Catalogs
- Data lineage
- Alation, Collibra
Location and Compensation
- Location: Fairfax, VA (onsite)
- Compensation: USD 93,000 - 140,000 per year
- Experience: Minimum 3 years
Benefits
Benefits: Everforth ECS