Senior Data Analyst (Only W2 Contractors)

Duration: 12+ Months

Shift Timings: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Job Description

• Serves as a resource to city departments in developing, reporting, and utilizing metrics and data visualizations.
• Demonstrates the ability to present complex information related to data, performance and evaluation to diverse audiences and stakeholders.
• Utilizes the city's open government platform to create effective monitoring and reporting systems that tie in to organizational decision making (e.g., budgetary, operational, strategic and otherwise).
• Maintains and collaborates on designing the technology platform to effectively monitor key performance indicators.
• Ensures the regular collection of data and subsequent reporting of data for the city within the organization and to external stakeholders.
• Develops and recommends operational strategies based on results of data analysis activities. Compiles data and statistics using quantitative and qualitative methodology.
• Employs principles and applications of mathematics and statistics, which may require knowledge of research methodology and techniques.
• Creates, updates, maintains and monitors the city's automated Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) workflows connected to the city's various applications and services.
• Shepherds open datasets through the open data workflow process prior to being posted on the open data portal.
• Works with representatives from city government and external organizations to coordinate contributions of data to a public platform or portal.
• Performs onsite data reviews to understand the business processes, data capture methods, in order to understand the data structure and value of the data being opened.
• Oversees monitoring of data quality and identifies methods for improving quality of data being published.
• Supports third party intermediaries wishing to access; and makes data accessible to different users through tools and applications.
• Provide training on the open data program, platform and applications built on top of the open datasets.
• Uses data to spotlight potential inequities in City services, systems, and programs.
• Facilitate the impactful use of open data by collaborating with communities and ensure all data added to open data portal is useful, usable, and accessible.
• Must meet regular attendance requirements.
• Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers and citizens.
• Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business management, computer science, public administration, finance, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or any related fields; and three (3) years of experience in utilizing data for operational or financial analysis, or any combination of equivalent experience and education.
• Master's Degree preferred.

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to research and provide formal analyses and recommendations.
• Ability to analyze data to evaluate effectiveness and make recommendations based on insights.
• Ability to understand both qualitative and quantitative aspects of data and performance measurement.
• Works collaboratively and maintains positive interdepartmental partnerships.
• Demonstrated capacity for innovation, self-motivation, self-learning, and goal achievement.
• Strong critical and creative thinking skills to assess and resolve problems or issues by gathering and assessing information and using independent, professional judgment.
• Skilled in working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Skill in effective written and oral communications that articulate complex information and issues clearly and simply.
• Skilled in gaining insight from quantitative and qualitative data.
• Knowledge of various best practices for extracting, transforming, and loading data from one system to another system.
• Understanding of dataflow programming and transformations with ETL tools.
• Knowledge of GIS and mapping concepts (geocoding, projections, etc.), including common commercial platforms and open source platforms; Knowledge of professional collection development principles.
• Programming languages; creative problem solving; and open data concepts.
• Experience working with Python/R scripting for custom data transformation.
• Ability to work with web services API; and Skill in using a computer and related software applications.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.

22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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