Data Analyst - Military veterans preferred

Data Analyst

Northern Virginia / DC Metro Area

This role does require an active CBP BI.

People Centered. Data Driven

Elder Research Inc. is a Data Science consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions to clients in Commercial and Government industries. Providing analytic solutions to hundreds of companies across numerous industries, our team enjoys a great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of techniques and tools.

We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients' environment and needs.

Join our team and find great opportunities to hone your analytic skills, work on complex problems with amazing teammates, and gain valuable analytics consulting experience.

Opportunity
We are looking for talented and motivated employees that will play important roles on multi-discipline teams that will provide strategic level assistance, consultation, recommendations, and support to our customer in the areas of:

• Workforce and succession planning where we will play a role developing strategic workforce plans and identifying and addressing gaps between the workforce of today and the workforce of tomorrow.
• Data-driven strategy formulation and analytics support where we will assist with strategy formulation concerning resource planning, programming, budgeting, financial management, and mission execution activities.
• Business transformation where we will perform analyses and provide recommendations to improve existing processes, capabilities, and mission execution and support functions.

Position Responsibilities

The Data Analyst will perform one or more of the following activities:

• Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect,
  organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information.
• Responsible for the development of analytical solutions and databases. Develops
  specifications for the most efficient database solutions. Good working knowledge and
  hands-on experience with key software platform architectures, web servers, application servers, and relational databases. May evaluate new data sources for adherence to the organization's quality standards and ease of integration. Provide consultation on complex projects.
• Assist in exploring, categorizing, and reviewing information. Inspect, clean, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting CBP decision-making; ability to mine, review and validate data in order to develop models and data visualization that focus on predictive purposes and developing pertinent business information for CBP decision-makers. In addition, have the ability to create and manage dashboards. Be able to review database architecture and data control polices and offer recommendations for improvement and be able to support the existing development of an activity-based costing (ABC) model or development of new ABC models as required.

This role does require an active CBP BI.

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business over 20 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.

Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.

Elder Research believes in continuous learning; each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk followed by an office lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others.

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Elder Research is a Government contractor and our positions require US Citizenship.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans

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