[Remote] Data Scientist (Remote from Anywhere in Colorado)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The State of Colorado is hiring a Data Scientist to support its Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS), known as COdata. The role uses research and advanced analytics to inform policy and practice, develop visualizations and reporting, and deliver actionable insights to agency stakeholders and the public.

Responsibilities

• Design useful education to career research questions and appropriate quantitative methods to inform policy and practice
• Conduct quantitative research on administrative data sets
• Write research reports, briefs, infographics and slides deck to convey results
• Design, maintain and optimize visualization dashboards in Tableau
• Combining data from multiple sources to produce meaningful metrics
• Identify data patterns, trends and communicate those key insights as recommended actions to key audiences
• Developing and maintaining complex dashboards and reports using Tableau, visualizing data sourced from Snowflake and other data repositories
• Communicating complex data insights and analytical findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively
• Ensuring data quality and governance standards are met within the Snowflake environment
• Utilizing Python and SQL to extract, transform, and load (ETL) within Snowflake for analysis
• Working with resource managers and stakeholders to identify and integrate new data sources
• Leading and participating in cross-functional teams to develop data-driven solutions
• Present information and findings in a way that is accessible to both SLDS staff and the general public
• Oversee the production, display, and development of data structures and analytics for the Colorado SLDS
• Ensure data privacy and security in alignment with CISO guidelines

Skills

• A minimum of five (5) years working experience as a Data Analyst in the public sector of either education or workforce development, with significant expertise in using Snowflake, Python, SQL, R, and Tableau
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience developing dashboards using data reporting tools
• Deep understanding of applied research methods, specifically program evaluation and quantitative data analysis of longitudinal in the public sector data
• At least five (5) years experience working with education and/or workforce data
• Experience in conducting descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive data analysis in the public sector
• Strong understanding of data modeling, database management, SQL, and ETL processes in the public sector
• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications
• Tableau - preferred
• Domain knowledge of education to career data and analyses
• Experience working for an SLDS
• Experience working for a governmental organization
• Experience designing, building, implementing, and maintaining data and system integrations and data transformations utilizing Snowflake
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and tools, including Informatica
• Knowledge of other cloud platforms like AWS, GCP  or Azure

Benefits

• Remote work from anywhere in Colorado; periodic reporting to the designated primary state work location is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

Company Overview