Data Engineer / Business Intelligence Analyst

Overview :

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.

Job Title : Data Engineer / Business Intelligence Analyst

Location : Johnston, IA, 50131

Duration : 8 Months

Job Type : Contract

Work Type : Remote

Visa sponsorship is not available, now or in the near future, for this position.

Job Description : Major Purpose :

Collaborates with business and analytics leaders to generate insights and answer business questions by using analytics techniques such as advanced data visualization, statistical analysis, randomized testing, predictive modeling, forecasting, optimization, and / or machine learning.

Proposes innovative ways to look at problems by using these approaches on available enterprise data as well as customer third party data and information.

Validates findings using experimental and iterative approaches.

This level performs basic statistical analysis of low to moderately complex data from a single source, with heavy reliance on industry / standardized tools and existing models.

Output is reviewed by higher-level Data Scientists or Analytics Manager for execution.

Major Duties :

Works with data sets and performs appropriate analytical methodology to provide insights and decision modelling for the business.

Creates and implements algorithms which manage the data to enable it to be analysed in an efficient manner.

Supports the communication of derived insights, especially through appropriate visualization techniques.

Supports the identification of the required data sources and works with Data Wranglers and / or IT to implement methodologies to retrieve and use this data.

Stays abreast of the latest appropriate analytical techniques and recommends these where needed.

Explains implementation and usage in business terms.

Applies analytical techniques to prospect for business insights and find patterns in data which could be valuable for the business

Skills, Abilities, Knowledge :

Quantitative analytical skills

Knowledge of appropriate industry

Good interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Excellence in verbal and written communication forms with emphasis on persuasive communication, tact and negotiation.

Business process knowledge of assigned area(s) and / or function(s).

Knowledge of advanced data gathering and analysis techniques, including statistical analysis.

Education :

Degree in a Math discipline or equivalent experience.

University Degree (4 years or equivalent)

Economics - University Degree (4 years or equivalent)

Statistics - University Degree (4 years or equivalent)

Work Experience :

Internal or external industry specific experience in relevant discipline. (1 - 3 years)

Data analytics experience. (1 - 3 years)

Background or proven experience in mining data for analytics insights. (1 - 3 years)

Good exposure to enterprise statistical tools like SAS, Statistica, SPSS or SAS E Miner (1 - 3 years)

Experience working in uncertain environments with limited requirements

SQL Query experience (1-3 years)

Combine raw data into useful summarizations

Python (3-5 years)

Pyspark (3-5 years)

Experience working with large scale data

Experience creating automated unit tests

Dashboard design experience (3-5 years)

Experience translating complex data into business visualizations

Experience with Tableau (1-3 years)

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.