Job summary:

Job description:

 ** **Long term***. This position will be remote for the entirety of the assignment. Must be available during regular work hours.  Remote but regular (M-F) work hours are required MUST pick up equipment in person if selected at Richmond VA

The purpose of this position is to provide data visualization capacity for the Office of Research by creating interactive reports, visualizations, and dashboards to support priority agency needs. This position will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to generate and evaluate user requirements, develop interactive visualizations using Tableau, and provide expert technical assistance to agency staff as needed on visualization development. This position is supported by a federal grant to expand the data visualization capacity of the Virginia Longitudinal Data System.  

Responsibilities include:

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to design and build visualizations required by the federal grant project plan; 
• Generate and evaluate user requirements, identify data sources to support requirements, and build data extracts, if required, to support solutions; 
• Create reports and data analytics solutions while continuously seeking feedback from stakeholders; 
• Develop test plans and test visualizations to ensure reports, dashboards, and queries perform efficiently and are accurate; 
• Provide technical assistance to agency staff as needed on the use of Tableau 
• Adhere to agency data visualization policy including training requirements, testing, and approvals;  
• Abide by all Department of Education policies as well as state and federal laws and regulations regarding the use, storage, and disposition of restricted-use data used to perform job responsibilities.  

Required Skills: 

• 7 years experience
• Three or more years of continuous, focused experience in building, customizing, and publishing of Tableau interactive reports, visualizations, and dashboards; 
• Proficiency with managing complex data from multiple data sources and demonstrated ability to understand new datasets and data structures; 
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL; knowledge of database structures, theories, principals, and practices; 
• Ability to communicate complex, analytical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences; ability to translate research and analytical findings into business action
• Graduation from an accredited college with a four-year degree OR an equivalent combination of education and experience is required. 
• 5 years of Experience in building, customizing, and publishing of Tableau interactive reports, visualizations, and dashboards
• 5 years of Intermediate knowledge of SQL; knowledge of database structures, theories, principals, and practices
• 5 years of Ability to communicate complex, analytical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences
• 3 years of Proficiency with managing complex data from multiple data sources and demonstrated ability to understand new datasets and data structures
• 4 years of Graduation from an accredited college with a four-year degree OR an equivalent combination of education and experience

Desired Skills:

• Local, Public Sector experience, certified.

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Ragadeep Gattipally(Shaji Team)
His/her contact number is +(1) (510) 4086890
His/her contact email is gragadeep@msysinc.com

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