ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, and they are seeking a Junior Data Analyst to support federal government trade, analytics, and mission transformation priorities. The role involves assisting with data mining, data preparation, reporting, and analysis to transform raw data into actionable insights for government stakeholders.
Support data mining, data preparation, reporting, and documentation activities under the direction of data analysts, senior data scientists, and project leadership
Conduct analyses, studies, and needs/gaps assessments as directed by data analysts or senior technical team members
Prepare, clean, transform, validate, and summarize structured and unstructured data from multiple sources
Assist with assessing the accuracy, completeness, reasonableness, and usability of data, recommendations, and proposed solutions
Document and summarize results of data analysis and contribute to the development of recommended solutions to customer problems
Prepare big data for use in reporting, visualization, data modeling, statistical analysis, machine learning, and business intelligence products
Implement data models developed by others and support testing, review, and documentation of analytical outputs
Provide database support for customer solutions, including data extraction, data validation, data profiling, and data quality support
Assist in developing data-driven analyses, reports, dashboards, visualizations, and analytical summaries based on stakeholder requirements
Support data scientists, data analysts, engineers, architects, and other consultants in the performance of assigned project tasks
Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, task updates, demonstrations, and issue resolution
Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for data issues, reporting inconsistencies, and analytical product defects
Maintain documentation for datasets, analytical methods, data transformations, reports, dashboards, and workflows
Communicate analysis techniques, findings, and products to technical and non-technical audiences with support from senior team members
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements
Recent DHS Public Trust, DoD Secret, or DoD Top Secret clearance required
Ability to obtain and maintain a CBP background investigation or other required government suitability determination
Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, or another closely related scientific or technical discipline
Two (2) years of relevant experience in applied research, business intelligence, statistics, data science, computer science, operations research, or another closely related quantitative or computational discipline
Preferred
Master's degree in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or another closely related discipline
Experience supporting DHS, CBP, or other federal law enforcement, trade, revenue, regulatory, or mission operations environments
Experience supporting analytics, reporting, data preparation, or business intelligence projects in a federal or regulated environment
Experience working with structured and unstructured data from multiple sources, including transactional, entity, operational, or case management data
Experience using SQL, Python, R, Excel, SAS, Databricks, AWS, or similar tools for data preparation, analysis, reporting, or visualization
Experience with data profiling, data quality assessment, data cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and issue documentation
Experience developing or supporting dashboards, reports, data visualizations, or self-service analytics products using Tableau, Power BI, QuickSight, or similar platforms
Exposure to machine learning, statistical modeling, anomaly detection, entity resolution, network analysis, cohort analysis, or risk-scoring projects
Experience writing analytical summaries, technical documentation, user guides, data dictionaries, or standard operating procedures
Experience working in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or similar iterative delivery environments
Experience working in secure, compliant federal IT or data environments
Benefits
ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider focused on making big things possible for our clients.
