Senior Data Analyst - Peraton
Washington, DC
About the Job
Responsibilities
Peraton’s is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting our financial agencies customer.
What you will do:
- Perform data management, advanced data quality control and analysis of financial data (e.g. swaps data) in an AWS environment.
- Perform advanced data analysis and use data visualization tools in an AWS environment.
- Prepare technical reports and routine data analysis reports on large scale data sets.
- Prepare requirements, design, and testing documentation in developing visualization dashboards.
- Identify data gaps and inconsistencies (i.e. data validation and missingness patterns).
- Assist interpreting data analysis findings and offer solutions for issues identified.
- Communicate and collaborate with other scientists on aspects of study analysis and interpretation.
- May perform statistical and machine learning methods.
- Prepare status reports, schedule meetings, and update project plan using MS Project.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience Master’s Degree and 3 years of work experience in Statistics, Financial Analysis, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar field.
- 5 years working with large financial data sets in an AWS environment.
- 5 years of experience with data management, statistical analysis and programming Python, RedShift.
- 5 years of experience with quantitative analysis and data interpretation.
- Experience working with data, deriving insights and understanding data trends.
- Specific experience working with Sagemaker, S3, Redshift, SQL, performing redshift queries and developing reports using QuickSight
- Experience working with real world large databases and identifying data gaps and inconsistencies (i.e.- data validation and missingness patterns).
- Experience with cleaning data for analysis, data quality issues and concepts.
- Excellent organizational skills, commitment to generating accurate data, ability to meet short deadlines, and demonstrated experience in multi-tasking.
- Must be a critical thinker, independent thinker/worker.
- Experience with both written and oral presentation of data and the ability to interact with senior research staff and external stakeholders.
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated application of innovative statistical and machine learning methods in financial domain.
- AWS certified practitioner or related certifications.
- Experience in developing machine learning models and algorithms, including the use of the following Python machine learning libraries: Numpy, Scipy, Scikit-learn, Theano, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Pandas, and Matplotlib.
- Experience with using R-Studio/R.
- Experience with programming in R and experience using machine learning packages (e.g., caret, randomForest, nnet, neuralnet, e1071, hiernet, tree, xgboost, SMOTE, etc.).
- Experience developing user-friendly interactive, data insights and visualization tools (e.g. R Shiny applications, PowerBI, Tableau).
- Experience developing and supporting Python based AI/ML solutions.
Benefits: At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.