Data Analyst III (Big Data)

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Basic Purpose

Perform complex analytical and statistical modeling on large data sets to support various business operations and organizational objectives.  Define data requirements, perform data collection, processing, cleaning, analysis, modeling and visualization. Identify data patterns and trends to answer business questions and improve decision making. Identify opportunities to increase efficiency and automation of data analysis processes and procedures.

Leads the most complex data analysis with minimal supervision and wide latitude for independent judgment. Considered a key stakeholder/key contributor on highly complex initiatives and project teams. Reserved for the most highly skilled practitioners with direct accountability for results. Individual contributor and mentor to more junior staff.

Responsibilities:

•    Gather and accumulate data from disparate sources, clean, organize, process, and analyze data to extract valuable insights and information
•    Develop, maintain, and manage advanced reporting, dashboards, data models and analytical results
•    Create data definitions of onboarding data sources and changes made to the already existing data sources
•    Evaluate and define functional requirements for analytics and business intelligence (BI) solutions
•    Retrieve, analyze and validate data and test accuracy of reported results
•    Work directly with project leads to understand requirements and propose key analytics solutions to drive effective decision-making and influence business objectives
•    Produce actionable reports that demonstrate key performance indicators, identify areas of improvement for current operations, and show root cause analysis of problems.
•    Analyze and summarize business operations, customer and/or economic data in order to improve business intelligence, optimize operating effectiveness and predict business outcomes. 
•    Identify trends and patterns in business data; create data visualizations to support business decision making
•    Build new and/or modify existing database/data warehouse/data mart and business intelligence solutions to meet business and system requirements
•    Collaborate with business units and senior management to conduct needs assessment to support business unit objectives 
•    Support complex Data Science and Big Data projects
•    Effectively communicate data outcomes to business stakeholders and leadership
•    Lead, guide, and mentor less experienced staff
•    Work in close collaboration with IT team and business management team to accomplish company goals
•    Perform routine analysis tasks to support day-to-day business functioning and decision making
•    Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

•    Master’s Degree in a related field, or the equivalent combination of training, education and experience
•    Extensive experience in the application of statistical methods, mathematical techniques, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, related analytical tools and programming languages
•    Expert skill interpreting, extrapolating and interpolating data for statistical research and modeling
•    Extensive experience in problem resolution including determining root cause, scope and scale of issues
•    Expert skill analyzing statistics and reports to determine business performance and trends
•    Extensive experience that demonstrates the ability to research, compile, and document data, business processes, and workflow
•    Expert skill identifying and analyzing business requirements and recommending solutions
•    Effective skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives and information clearly and concisely
•    Advanced knowledge of standard ETL tools and techniques
•    Advanced knowledge of the process in sourcing raw data and cleansing techniques 
•    Advanced knowledge of data warehousing, data cleaning, and other analytical techniques required for data usage
•    Expert in understanding and communicating data presented in models, charts, and tables and transforming it into a format that is useful to the business and aids effective decision making
•    Expert skill in the use of measurement and statistical practices to analyze current and historical data to make predictions, identify risks, and opportunities enabling better decisions on planned/future events
•    Expert in understanding and analyzing models that predict the probability of an outcome
•    Advanced knowledge of and the ability to perform basic statistical analysis such as measures of central tendency, normal distribution, variance, standard deviation, basic tests, correlation, and regression techniques
•    Expert skill in collecting and manipulating data used in effective decision making
•    Advanced knowledge of data models, design tools, business/technical requirements, statistical programming languages, data queries
•    Demonstrates a key understanding of multiple database concepts and data flows
•    Advanced knowledge of various data structures and the ability to extract data sources (such as PySpark, PowerBI)
•    Advanced knowledge of mapping techniques and data pipelines
•    Expert SQL skills
•    Proficient with programming languages like Python, R, Scala, or Spark SQL
•    Advanced verbal and written communication skills
•    Advanced database and presentation software skills
•    Advanced word processing and spreadsheet software skills

Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements:

•    Working knowledge of Navy Federal Human Resources policies, procedures, and programs
•    Working knowledge of Operational Transaction Processing (OLAP/OLTP) applications and systems
•    Working knowledge of computational frameworks like Hadoop and Spark
•    PMP Certification (or commensurate experience managing corporate-wide projects)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 

Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5550 Heritage Oaks Dr Pensacola, FL 32526 | 141 Security Dr. Winchester, VA 22602 | Remote

Navy Federal is now hybrid! Our standard enterprise requirement for a hybrid schedule is to report onsite 4-16 days each month. The number of days reporting onsite will ultimately be determined by the employee's leadership and business unit needs. You will learn more throughout the hiring and onboarding process.

Salary: Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain
competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position.

The salary range for this position is: $62,900 to $107,500 Annual Salary
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Equal Employment Opportunity

Navy Federal values, celebrates, and enacts diversity in the workplace.  Navy Federal takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans.  EOE/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disability

COVID-19 Vaccine Information

As a COVID-19 safety measure, our employees must either provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or follow additional safety protocols, including testing.

Disclaimer

Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position.

Bank Secrecy Act

Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.

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