Operations Research Analyst / Data Scientist (Remote)

GovCIO is currently hiring for an Operations Research Analyst / Data Scientist to support database development, data configuration, data analytics, and reporting activities at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This role will be responsible for working within an interconnected reporting and analytics team to pull, configure, and analyze data to create real-time metrics, tasking responses, and overall information to support the ICE mission.

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective data management to enable complex analytics from a myriad of systems and software including Oracle, Databricks, AWS, and ServiceNow
• Ability to align data with data analytic tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik Dashboards
• Facilitate the needs, issues, and challenges faced by the clients; perform gap analysis and recommend solutions and can be enabled within the data systems
• Provide trade-off analyses on technical solutions to determine the best tools and methodologies to solve complex data requests
• Create project deliverables, including artifacts to ensure adherence to team compliance and quality standards
• Use source data to assess the effectiveness of projects and business processes
• Work with all team members to analyze changes in requirements and recommend the most expedient solutions in a timely manner
• Enable end-user visibility of data and metrics via dashboard creation and metric dissemination
• Leverage advanced analytic skills to translate complicated issues from multiple information sources into a clear picture for mission leadership

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or commensurate experience
• 5+ years of work experience (2 years of experience may be removed for a masters degree)
• 2+ years of experience in data exploration, data cleaning, visualization, and overall data analytics
• 2+ years of experience in data visualization tools such as Qlik or PowerBI
• Ability to attain and maintain DHS clearance (US citizenship required)
• Experience in distributed data and computing tools including Databricks
• Experience with data modeling, mapping data flows and data design
• Excellent data analytic and communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities
• Ability to work independently in an extremely fast-paced environment
• Be flexible to change direction on a moment's notice while also tracking/executing tasks in progress
• Ability to think 'outside of the box' while communicating or dealing with a variety of situations