Elder Research Hiring for Data Analyst at Maryland, United States Full Time

Clearance Required: TS adjudicated within the past 2 years OR an active TS/SCI OR a CBP clearance.

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.

As a Data Analyst, you will be under occasional supervision, responsible for data mining, data preparation, and reporting. You will prepare and conduct analyses and studies, needs/gaps assessments. Apply knowledge to determine the accuracy and reasonableness of the data, recommendations, and solutions proposed. Document and summarizes the results and develop and recommended solutions to the customer’s problems. Prepare big data, implement data models developed by others, and provide database support for customer solutions. Key member of a data science project team, supporting data scientists or other consultants in the performance of assigned tasks.

Minimum Requirements

• Four (4) years relevant experience in applied research, big data analytics, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, computer science, operations research or other closely related other quantitative or mathematical discipline. At least two (2) years of experience applied data science research or big data analytics.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research or other closely related scientific or technical discipline A Master’s degree may be substituted for up to two (2) years of relevant experience. A PhD may be substituted for experience.
• Demonstrates knowledge of data mining methods, databases, data visualization and machine learning.
• Ability to communicate analysis techniques, concepts and products
• Ability to develop data-driven analysis and reports based on data visualizations and data models
• Ability to design and create dashboards that convey complex information in an easily understood way; specific experience with Qlik is preferred
• Recently adjudicated TS (within past 2 years), active SCI, or Customs and Border Protection clearance.

Desired Experience And Skills

• Familiarity with Databricks or similar cloud-based distributed database technologies
• Familiarity with PySpark and Python
• Comfortable developing complex SQL queries to extract, transform, and load data

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business over 20 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; each week the entire company attends a “Tech Talk” followed by an office 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.

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 our positions require US Citizenship.