Everforth ECS is seeking a Data Analyst to work in our Arlington, VA office.
Job Description:
This candidate will serve as a key point of contact in managing data target and data quality aspects of the CDM Data Services - BETSIE Program. Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and will interact with stakeholders spanning multiple Agile teams, program leadership, and customer representatives. All parties have an interest in understanding and/or implementing the data model with quality in mind. Successful candidates will have an intermediate understanding of data modeling concepts and be able to perform impact analysis on change requests, respond to queries, and facilitate independent analysis efforts. Furthermore, the successful candidate will serve as the liaison for the customer’s data quality efforts, participating in regular meetings, representing the CDM Data Services – BETSIE program, and supporting the requirements gathering process.
Specific Duties Include:
- Ensuring technical and performance objectives related to data collection, processing, and analysis.
- Design and deliver reporting and analytics solutions independently and in collaboration with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and understand data requirements, identify pain points, and opportunities for improved data visualization and interaction.
- Respond to ad hoc data requests, troubleshoot issues, and provide user education on reports and dashboards.
- Create, test, and demo reports and dashboards, actively seeking feedback to refine and enhance user experiences.
- Improve data quality and program metrics by developing appropriate documentation, automating data extraction, and generating visual reports.
- Monitor and analyze system performance metrics, identifying trends or anomalies and reporting findings regularly.
- Research, build and implement new reporting and analytics features.
- Perform other duties as needed to support the program’s success.
Salary Range: $93,000 - $140,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- US citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability.
- At least three years of experience analyzing customer data requirements and prescribing and implementing solutions to meet those requirements.
- Must have prior experience working on data models:
- Developing and documenting data models
- Adhering to data modeling standards
- Interpreting data model intent
- Managing the change process for data models
- Serve as the SME supporting data modeling efforts
- Must have an excellent understanding of:
- UML standards and knowledge of entities, attributes, relationships on an ERD
- Database management systems (i.e. relational, non-relational)
- Understanding of data normalization processes
- Knowledge of Federal Cybersecurity and Federal Cybersecurity and Risk Management Policies and practices, including: FISMA; NIST 800-37, 800-53, 800-30, 800-39; NISTIR 8286 Series, and FedRAMP.
- Experience creating and maintaining Data Dictionaries and/or Data Catalogs to describe data inventories and schemas to help users understand, locate, and utilize data within the system.
- Knowledge of data transformation processes and experience documenting and maintaining data lineage, esp. traceability of transformed data to source data.
- Experience utilizing data cataloging and governance tools, esp. Alation and Collibra to help organizations improve data management, collaboration, and governance.
- Experience automating assessment of data quality.
Skills Required
- Excellent communication skills
- Intermediate understanding of data modeling concepts and ability to perform impact analysis on change requests
- Prior experience developing and documenting data models
- Adhering to data modeling standards
- Interpreting data model intent
- Managing the change process for data models
- Serve as the SME supporting data modeling efforts
- Excellent understanding of UML standards and ERD concepts (entities, attributes, relationships)
- Excellent understanding of database management systems (relational and non-relational)
- Understanding of data normalization processes
- US citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability
- At least three years of experience analyzing customer data requirements and implementing solutions
- Knowledge of Federal Cybersecurity and Risk Management Policies (FISMA; NIST 800-37, 800-53, 800-30, 800-39; NISTIR 8286 series; FedRAMP)
- Experience creating and maintaining Data Dictionaries and/or Data Catalogs
- Knowledge of data transformation processes and documenting/maintaining data lineage and traceability to source data
- Experience utilizing data cataloging and governance tools, especially Alation and Collibra
- Experience automating assessment of data quality
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
