Data Analyst

My International client is seeking to expand its team in various IT disciplines including Data Analysis. They are seeking a Data Analyst to join the project on a long term contract assignment. The work will be carried out at the customer site in Strasbourg, France. Please note candidates need to be EU citizens to be considered for this role.

Key tasks and Responsibilities of the Data Analyst

• Represent business challenges through mathematical models
• Collect, understand, clean, analyse, integrat,e and investigate internal and external data to achieve the mission
• Uncover data correlations/relationships in support of measurement and prediction
• Select and optimise algorithms using data science tools
• Comply with ethical guidelines and legal requirements
• Identify the right visualisation models depending on the business challenges and the data sets
• Create and test hypotheses
• Address data security through active preventative strategies
• Lead the process of applying data analytics
• Deliver insights from data by optimising the analytics process and presenting visual data representations
• Find, manage, and merge multiple data sources and ensure consistency of datasets
• Communicate patterns and recommend ways of applying data
• Analyse and provide expertise in advanced analytics topics, from a hardware perspective to software optimisation
• Provide inputs to increase the business values of reporting-related activities
• Assist in the development and maintenance of reporting and advanced analytics requirements
• Identify and propose quick wins with good value to enhance agency agility using big data and advanced analytics
• Identify solutions to big data and advanced analytics-related problems

Requested skills and experience of the Data Analyst

• Minimum 4 years of relevant education (Master's degree or equivalent), after secondary school
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in Data Analysis
• Capability to set effective KPIs, read and interpret business data
• Aptitude to spot opportunities for value-adding data analysis
• Familiarity with practices in the area of work that serve end customers and other stakeholders
• Capacity to align activities with business priorities and balance competing interests to drive organizational effectiveness
• Proficiency in communicating efficiently
• In-depth expertise in mathematical models
• Competence in using data analysis tools (Power BI, etc.)
• Understanding of AI tools related to data processing
• Acquaintance with IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Command of BIGSQL Data Modelling Language and SQL
• Experience with Cognos as a user and administrator
• Exposure to Scikit-learn, ELKI, and other analytics libraries