Data Quality & Tableau Dashboards Analyst

New York City Fire Department; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) seeks a full-time City Research Scientist, L2 in the Data Quality Unit. The role emphasizes independent initiative, data quality assurance, and delivering insights through dashboards primarily built with Tableau and Python frameworks.

Ideal candidates will have strong SQL/Python programming skills, experience with data visualization, and the ability to design metrics to measure departmental performance. Excellent communication is valued.

Qualifications

• Assignment Level I requires a master’s degree in physical, biological, environmental sciences or public health.
• Assignment Level II+ requires a Doctorate or a Master’s with several years of relevant research and supervisory/administrative experience; or equivalent with master’s and two years of specified experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform rigorous data quality checks and anomaly detection.
• Support building interactive dashboards (Tableau, Dash/Streamlit).
• Fulfilling ad-hoc data requests and designing metrics to track departmental performance.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data visualization

Metrics

Communication

Education

Master's degree in physical/biological/environmental science or public health

Doctorate in physical/biological/environmental/social science

Master's degree with 3+ years of research experience

Equivalent education/experience with master's and 2+ years in relevant field

Job description

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) seeks a full-time City Research Scientist, L2 in the Data Quality Unit. The role emphasizes independent initiative, data quality assurance, and delivering insights through dashboards primarily built with Tableau and Python frameworks.

Ideal candidates will have strong SQL/Python programming skills, experience with data visualization, and the ability to design metrics to measure departmental performance. Excellent communication is valued.