Data Analyst

Job ID: 20002

Are you passionate about driving innovation in data analytics? The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) invites you to become a key player in our data science and analytics team. We collaborate closely with our government partners to provide key insights to the program. In this pivotal role, you'll be integral in organizing, cleansing, and analyzing key program data using cutting edge techniques. This includes deriving key insights from telemetry data, corelating structured and unstructured data from various sources, trend and anomaly detection of both systems and logistics data, and data visualization in various formats. Join us in helping to make data driven decisions and make a significant impact in our journey towards technological excellence. This position is located in Ogden, Utah.

At SDL, we support a variety of missions, including NASA’s vision to reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind and the Department of Defense’s aim to protect our nation on the ground, in the air, and in space. Our sensors, satellites, software systems, and science and engineering play an essential role in some important missions you’ve heard of, and others that you haven’t. Join our team in our seventh decade of delivering mission success.

At SDL, we take pride in and highly value our employees. SDL offers competitive salaries and fantastic benefits, including:

• Flexible work schedules that fit your style—every Friday off, every other Friday off, hybrid, or simply traditional hours
• Generous paid leisure and sick leave, ensuring you never miss a special event
• High-quality, low-cost health, dental, and life insurance
• A 14.2% employer retirement contribution into a 401(a) account—no matching required!
• Utah State University undergraduate tuition discounts of 50%, full reimbursement for graduate tuition, and free course audits for employees and dependents meeting eligibility requirements
• A great, highly educated team that works together to solve some of the most fascinating problems on (and off) our planet
• We are a growing company that maintains both a family feel and high retention rate with over 90% job satisfaction
• Relocation assistance available for most positions

 Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Minimum 2 years of related experience (5 or more preferred)
• Expertise with multiple data analysis tools and methods
• A solid understanding of statistical analysis, data wrangling, data visualization and programming
• Experience with modeling and machine learning
• The ability to derive key insights from a vast amount of data and limited data
• The ability to correlate heterogenous data, perform anomaly detection and trend analysis and derive key insights from various types of data sets
• Expertise with data visualization using tools and code
• Strong interpersonal skills, ensuring a clear understanding and alignment of technological solutions with business needs
• Advanced problem-solving abilities and analytical skills for addressing complex challenges and devising innovative and effective solutions
• Must be able to work effectively independently, as part of a team, and work with partners
• US citizenship required along with the ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Government security clearance
• Some travel may be required

 Preferred Qualifications:

• A strong foundation in working with unstructured data using machine learning or other techniques
• The ability to code libraries, plugins or reusable components for data analysis and visualization
• Experience with cloud computing data strategies
• Have a current U.S. Government security clearance

For questions or assistance with the application process or the DoD SkillBridge program, please contact employment@sdl.usu.edu.

EOE including Disability and Vet