Senior Data Analyst - Global Security & Policy Analytics

Dexis; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Staff welfare benefits

Job summary

Dexis is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to support anticipated programming with the Department of State. The role involves providing policy direction and oversight on international security, FMF and IMET grant programs, with an active Secret Clearance required.

The position is contingent upon contract award and involves delivering quantitative analyses and data visualizations to inform program decisions. The candidate will aggregate data from multiple sources, manage large data sets, and present

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and at least six (6) years of data analytics experience.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Expertise aggregating, normalizing, and displaying data from multiple sources, and conveying nuanced distinctions to end users with utmost accuracy.
• Experience applying quantitative research methods, operating or managing databases, and applying statistical methods to conduct analysis.
• Ability to perform advanced quantitative analyses of structured and unstructured data, especially with large data sets in Excel.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Experience designing data visualizations to demonstrate data trends.
• Comfortable with changing client and team needs.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide quantitative analytical support to produce country papers and perform data quality checks.
• Coordinate with the client and M&E team on additional data points for analysis.
• Design and mock up digestible data visualizations for client review.
• Document data calculation steps and methodologies used in analysis.
• Analyze country trends for regional and global comparisons.
• Produce approved final data visualizations for reports.

Skills

Data analytics

Excel

Data visualization

Statistical methods

Attention to detail

Independent worker

End-user communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Tableau

Flourish

APIs

DOS programming

Databases

Job description

Dexis is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to support anticipated programming with the Department of State. The role involves providing policy direction and oversight on international security, FMF and IMET grant programs, with an active Secret Clearance required.

The position is contingent upon contract award and involves delivering quantitative analyses and data visualizations to inform program decisions. The candidate will aggregate data from multiple sources, manage large data sets, and present