Data Analyst, ARA, Alexandria, VA
ARA -
Alexandria, VA,
US
Data Analyst
Date Posted: 2024-06-19
Job description
The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Data Analyst to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP is responsible securing the border and facilitating lawful trade and travel while enforcing the immigration, customs, agriculture, and other laws of the United States at the borders.As a valued contributor to our team, you will support and conduct projects requiring interdisciplinary methods including but not limited to developing and applying mathematical and statistical models, developing analytical solutions and databases, evaluating new data sources, and inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data.
Applicants for this position will support a variety of requirements and analysis projects for CBP. Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience with the following:
Required Qualifications:
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Data Analyst position.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Applicants for this position will support a variety of requirements and analysis projects for CBP. Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience with the following:
- Developing or applying mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information.
- Developing analytical solutions and databases, including specifications for the most efficient database solutions.
- Good working knowledge and hands-on experience with key software platform architectures, web servers, application servers, and relational databases.
- Evaluating new data sources for adherence to the organization's quality standards and ease of integration.
- Inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information.
- Informing conclusions and supporting CBP decision-making.
- Validating data to develop models and data visualization that focus on predictive purposes and developing pertinent business information for CBP decisionmakers.
- Creating and managing dashboards.
- Review database architecture and data control polices and offering recommendations for improvement.
- Supporting the existing development of an activity-based costing (ABC) model or development of new ABC models.
Required Qualifications:
- Current and active CBP Tier 4 provisional (limited) or full Background Investigation (BI)
- An analytic mindset, with strong problem-solving abilities
- Must be a US Citizen
- Eagerness to learn new tools and techniques
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint), including advanced skills with Excel
- Experience providing authoritative and defensible analyses, assessments, and recommendations supporting senior leadership decisions
- Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups to reach consensus decisions
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- Bachelors degree in Data Analysis or similar and 5-7 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree in Data Analysis or similar with 3-5 years of relevant experience
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Data Analyst position.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)