O02 Data Acquisition Specialist

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Our client is a technology solutions company specializing in high-end security solutions for large-scale enterprises. They are certified in a broad spectrum of capabilities that better serve their diverse clientele, including federal government entities and private businesses. 

OVERVIEW 

Full-time/Permanent Employee

Location: Partially Remote in Arlington, VA (see further details below) 

Our client is looking for a Data Acquisition Specialist to join our team of experts to assist with building state of the art data platforms for the Department of Defense's premier data analytics platform. This is a partially remote role in Arlington, VA. Four days a week will be onsite in the Pentagon. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

As a Data Acquisition Specialist, you will transform and consolidate these disparate data sets, building databases, reconciliations, metrics, dashboards, and applications to achieve data completeness and facilitate management decision-making. We have an opportunity for you to use your analytical skills to improve accountability in the defense industry. You’ll work closely with your customers to understand their challenges and requirements, digging into their data-rich environments to identify the key pieces of their contract reporting puzzles. You’ll participate in stakeholder interviews and fact-finding efforts, support the development of business rules for customer data sets, and standardize reconciliations to support completeness validations. You’ll provide customers with structured solutions for responding to inquiries from internal stakeholders, the DoD, independent public accountants, and others.  

• Clearance: Secret 
• Years of Experience: 3 Years (see below) 
• 3 years of experience in financial reporting, auditing, internal controls, or data analytics 
• 1 years of experience with the development, maintenance, and enhancement of data mappings, workflows, and processes 
• Experience working with DoD financial systems such as GFEBS, STARS, SABR or Navy-ERP 
• Experience acquiring, ingesting, and normalizing data, including organizing databases 
• Experience writing data ingestion business rules in SQL, and building data reconciliations 
• Ability to manipulate data from multiple structured and unstructured data sources 

• Experience with modern relational databases, including MySQL or PostgreSQL 
• Experience with Big Data systems, including Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, or Cloudera 
• Experience providing recommendations using dashboards, visualizations, or reports using BI platforms including QlikSense or Tableau 
• Ability to manipulate and integrate databases with SQL, SAS, or other languages 
• Ability to comprehend stakeholder needs effectively, communicate development plans, and track progress milestones 
• Ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and manage competing priorities 
• Possession of excellent communication skills, including briefing senior leadership 
• Possession of excellent quantitative skills, including statistical analysis, process design, and data management 
• Possession of excellent thinking skills, including assessing numbers, trends, and data in order to reach new conclusions based on findings 

TalentWerx is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities