Data Analyst

Job Description

Data Analyst – Law Enforcement Support | Steampunk

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Steampunk, located in El Paso, TX. Steampunk is a federal contracting company that serves as a change agent for clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health, and DoD sectors. This Data Analyst position focuses on providing critical data analysis for law enforcement support. The role is instrumental in working with diverse data sets, ensuring their accuracy and integrity, and offering vital support for ongoing criminal and civil investigations. We seek a technologist with investigative data expertise, strong analytical skills, and a customer service mindset, capable of thriving in high-pressure, mission-critical environments while effectively engaging with law enforcement agencies.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Rotating Shift Schedule
• Location: El Paso, TX
• Pay: $35000–$60000 yearly
• Team: Data Exploitation Practice
• Mission: Provide vital support for ongoing criminal and civil investigations through meticulous data analysis and integrity.
• Tech Stack: MS Excel, Power BI, optical character readers, scanners, digital cameras

What You’ll Actually Do
• Analyze: Compile and analyze data from multiple sources, identifying significant trends across various data sets, locations, and targets to provide actionable insights.
• Ensure: Proactively monitor data for accuracy, integrity, authenticity, and relevancy, identifying intelligence gaps and assessing data viability for investigative purposes.
• Support: Collaborate closely with investigative teams to examine data gathered from criminal and civil investigations, developing sophisticated methodologies to exploit investigative information effectively.
• Report: Actively participate in developing work products, conducting periodic progress reviews, ensuring rigorous quality control of findings, and clearly reporting findings to lead personnel.
• Enter: Perform precise data entry from both hard and soft copies into large-scale data processing systems, utilizing tools like optical character readers, scanners, and digital cameras as appropriate.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Bachelor’s Degree with 1 year of relevant work experience, or 5 years of work experience without a degree, demonstrating investigative data expertise.
• Experience: Proven experience in utilizing data analytic and visualization tools such as MS Excel, Power BI, or similar platforms to design complex charts, create formulas, and effectively analyze unstructured data.
• Skills: Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance level with the US government; skilled in multi-tasking and maintaining clear, effective communication with all stakeholders in a demanding environment; demonstrated meticulous attention to detail; willingness to work a rotating shift schedule, including evenings or weekends, to support continuous operations; and the ability to be on-site in El Paso, TX five days a week.
• Bonus: Experience providing support to a 24/7 law enforcement operations unit; military or law enforcement background or exposure; strong analytical skills for identifying trends, gaps, and ensuring data accuracy and integrity; experience with documenting processes and developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for data handling and analysis; and demonstrated experience in reverse engineering and validation of data processes.