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Data Visualization Engineer
Location: Remote, with a preference for those in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Clearance Required: Secret
People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research Inc. is a Data Science consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions to clients in Commercial and Government industries. Providing analytic solutions to hundreds of companies across numerous industries, our team enjoys a great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of techniques and tools
We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients environment and needs.
Join our team and find great opportunities to hone your analytic skills, work on complex problems with amazing teammates, and gain valuable analytics consulting experience.
Summary of Position:
As a Data Visualization Engineer, you will use data to create visual representations, such as charts, graphs, and dashboards. You will use digital tools to present complex data in a way that's easy to understand. In this role, you will support robust and repeatable data manipulation, large scale infrastructure for data ingestion, and stunning data visualization for custom client applications.
Essential Functions:
- Obtain, integrate, clean, and prepare data for analysis from a wide variety of sources and formats
- Explore, analyze, and summarize large, diverse datasets through multiple techniques (e.g., visualizations and interactive dashboards) to enable decision making.
- Products may be developed using off-the-shelf software such as Qlik, Tableau, PowerBI, or other DoD-approved software.
- Provide tools, applications, and training for users to conduct independent assessment of data under their control and explore, analyze, export, and publish insights they create.
Job Specifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Data/Business Analytics or closely related IT field.
- 3 years of work experience in the field
- Strong SQL skills, and ability to identify issues with data.
- Experience with Visualization tools such as Qlik or Power BI.
- Experience extracting, transforming, and structuring data to support exploratory analytics and visualization.
Desired Skills
- Experience with Advana is a plus
- Experience with CDAO is a plus
- Familiarity with the mission space and Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (O is a plus)
- Experience with machine learning, with statistical modeling, and/or time-series forecasting analytics is preferred.
About Elder Research, Inc
Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.
Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.
Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.
Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.
