Data Analyst

ASHBURN, VA – Data Analyst (Senior)

SDA seeks a motivated, career-oriented Senior Data Analyst to join our innovative team in Ashburn, VA. This is a hybrid position with some remote work.

Each day U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees the massive flow of people, capital, and products that enter and depart the United States via air, land, sea, and cyberspace. The volume and complexity of both physical and virtual border crossings require the application of "big data" solutions to promote efficient trade and travel.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform exploratory data analysis using statistical techniques to identify significant trends, patterns, correlations, and anomalies.
• Independently identify solutions for assigned business problems, and routinely collaborate with enterprise/application architects, database architects, data scientists, and mission stakeholders.
• Extract, clean, and transform data associated within an identified problem space to help build predictive models as well as develop appropriate supporting documentation.
• Leverage knowledge of a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Execute projects including those intended to identify patterns and/or anomalies.
• Research information as necessary.
• Brief project management, technical design, and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences including senior stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle through written as well as virtual reporting.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA and 7-12 years experience, MS/MA/MBA, and 5-9 years experience, PhD/Doctorate and 3-7 years experience.
• Proficiency using Python, R, Scala, or JavaScript and related packages for development and analysis.
• Experience working in field of entity resolution, analytics, data mining or name matching.
• Hands on experience with one or more relational database systems (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, Postgres)
• Hands on experience with SQL
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7 to 12 years of experience or a master's degree and 5 to 9 years of experience in business analytics, statistics, data science, information technology, economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, physical science, engineering or a related field
• Proficiency in statistical modeling.
• A passion for low-level/embedded data/science analytics.
• Experience in cloud computing/cloud storage.
• Conceptual understanding of – and/or prior experiences related to – data profiling, fuzzy matching, entity resolution, and signal detection theory
• Prior National Targeting Center (NTC) experience, preferably with proficiency in operational data analysis.
• Experience working within an Agile development environment.

Customer Requirements

• Clearance – DHS/CBP or be eligible to obtain one.
• U.S. Citizenship - Candidates will be required to have U.S. Citizenship.

Location

• hybrid option available (must live within the Washington DC metro area).

*** Position pending Contract Award***

About SDA

Systems Development and Analysis, Inc. (SDA) has decades of success making system concepts an operational reality for agencies on the front lines of homeland security, law enforcement and national defense.

We are focused on our clients' missions and hold ourselves accountable for their operational success. We operate with independence and integrity so that we can provide unfettered advice. By understanding and appreciating their world, we earn the trust to innovate and apply leading edge technology on behalf of our clients.

SDA is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. SDA is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Referral program

Work Location: In person