JSOC J8 DATA ANALYST

Duties and Responsibilities:  Collect and analyze data to identify trends and provide J8 leadership with valuable information that they can use to improve operational and businesses practices.  Main duties include identifying, collecting, accessing, and analyzing data, and deriving insights and making them accessible to the organization through easy-to-understand graphs, charts, tables and reports.

The duties and responsibilities will include collecting and analyzing data and making the data accessible to JSOC J8 leadership to inform resourcing decisions. The day-to-day activities may include the following:

•     Performing statistical analysis of data.
•     Organizing and transforming data into comprehensible structures.
•      Data mining to extract information from data sets and identify correlations and patterns.
•     Using data to predict trends in the customer base and the consumer population as a whole.
•     Using tools and techniques to visualize data in easy-to-understand formats, such as diagrams and graphs.
•      Preparing reports and presenting these to J8 leadership or customers.
•      Identifying and recommending new ways to save money by streamlining business processes.
•      Monitoring data quality and removing corrupt data.
•      Communicating with stakeholders to understand data content and business requirements.
•     Coordinating efforts and technical discussions with Data Science consultants.
•     Support Business Process Team as required.

Education:  BS degree or above preferred in Mathematics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Operations Research, computer science, Systems or Industrial Engineering.  Experience accepted in lieu of a BS degree.

Desired Experience/Skills/Abilities:

• At least two years of experience working as a Data Analyst or similar position demonstrating the ability to analyze a variety of data. 
• Solid working experience with MS Tools and Excel.
• Experience working with SOF and/or JSOC.
• Experience with POM/Budget analysis. 
• Experience with distributed data systems.
• Familiarity with common data structures and languages, e.g., SQL, JSON. 
• Proficient in Python, R, and MS Office and SharePoint. 
• Basic familiarity / additional competencies:  Git Bash, GitLab, GitHub, Docker, Tableau, Splunk, Qlik (Advana), Visio and/or MS Power BI.
• A cursory knowledge base of the CI/CD pipeline and ansible would be helpful (but not required).
• Lean Six Sigma, Scrum Master, or Certified Product Owner training (desired).

Travel:  Less than 10%.. 

Security Clearance: Current DOD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.