Knowesis is seeking a Data Scientist II to support the United States Special Operations Command Preservation of the Force and Family (USSOCOM POTFF) program in identifying and implementing innovative, valuable solutions across the Special Operations Forces (SOF) enterprise aimed at improving the short and long-term well-being of SOF warriors and their families.
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency with the suite of Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, and Access.
- Advanced proficiency with commonly used statistical software applications such as SPSS, SAS, Python, and R-Shiny.
- Data visualization (Power BI, Tableau)
- SQL querying & database management
- Business analytics & reporting
- Predictive modeling & forecasting
- Dashboard development
Responsibilities
- Conducts advanced data analytics, data manipulation, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual, and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions.
- Enter and analyze data within government systems.
- Maintain dashboards to automate data analysis, identifying, interpreting, and presenting trends, designed to record POTFF-related programmatic data.
- Assist the POTFF staff with survey design. Create, analyze, and report survey data.
- Provide consultation and assistance to supported units and POTFF staff to identify opportunities and methods for capturing data related to POTFF programs and initiatives.
- Work in consultation with POTFF program staff and the Government’s POTFF biostatistician.
- Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of program evaluation, research methodologies and data analysis.
Other
- Master’s degree in quantitative science, social science, or a related discipline.
- Three (3) years, or more, of research experience in academic, social services, government, healthcare, or laboratory setting is required.
- Be able to read, write, and speak English fluently and clearly to effectively communicate with all personnel they will interact with.
- Possess excellent verbal, written, interpersonal communication, presentation skills, and shall be highly detail-oriented.
- Possess sufficient initiative, interpersonal relationship skills, and social sensitivity such that they can relate constructively to a variety of contacts from a diverse background.
