What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist / Statistical Analyst position at SiloSmashers?
Role Summary
Provides statistical modeling, data analysis, estimation procedures, and analytical review for national crime-reporting datasets. Supports data-quality evaluations, special-report analysis, dashboard development, and analysis of data transitions between reporting systems.
Key Duties
- Perform statistical analysis, data modeling, trend detection, and estimation procedures.
- Evaluate the transition from summary-based systems to incident-based systems.
- Review public data releases and recommend improvements to statistical products.
- Analyze the movement of data from source systems into public-access tools.
- Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI.
- Support methodologies for estimation when reporting thresholds are not met.
- Analyze RMS-derived data for anomalies, patterns, and system-driven inconsistencies.
- Present data findings to program leadership and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Top Scret
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
- Strong Power BI skills (data modeling, DAX, visualizations).
- Experience working with structured data, XML, and flat-file formats.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with national crime-reporting datasets or criminal-justice statistical programs.
- Familiarity with OMB data-quality guidelines.
- Knowledge of law-enforcement Records Management Systems (RMS).