Data Scientist / Statistical Analyst

Role Summary

Provides statistical modeling, data analysis, estimation procedures, and analytical review for national crime-reporting datasets. Supports data-quality evaluations, special-report analysis, dashboard development, and analysis of data transitions between reporting systems.

Key Duties

• Perform statistical analysis, data modeling, trend detection, and estimation procedures.

• Evaluate the transition from summary-based systems to incident-based systems.

• Review public data releases and recommend improvements to statistical products.

• Analyze the movement of data from source systems into public-access tools.

• Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI.

• Support methodologies for estimation when reporting thresholds are not met.

• Analyze RMS-derived data for anomalies, patterns, and system-driven inconsistencies.

• Present data findings to program leadership and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Top Scret

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.

• Strong Power BI skills (data modeling, DAX, visualizations).

• Experience working with structured data, XML, and flat-file formats.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with national crime-reporting datasets or criminal-justice statistical programs.

• Familiarity with OMB data-quality guidelines.

• Knowledge of law-enforcement Records Management Systems (RMS).