Remote Data Preparation Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Data Analytics, Team Leadership

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Data Analytics Manager

The Data Analytics Manager will lead a remote, cross-functional team of data analysts, systems analysts, and data scientists delivering analytics products, data systems, dashboards, and decision-support tools for federal programs, including initiatives serving refugee, immigrant, and social service populations.

This role combines technical project management, analytics leadership, stakeholder engagement, and systems oversight. The manager will guide the development of modern data platforms and products, support automation and advanced visualization, promote predictive and proactive decision-making, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of data and analytics projects, including dashboards, data products, reports, documentation, platform enhancements, and system upgrades.
• Develop and maintain project plans, resource plans, deliverable schedules, and risk and issue logs.
• Advise clients and stakeholders on priorities, tradeoffs, resource needs, and delivery timelines.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison for data, analytics, and reporting initiatives.
• Lead requirements-gathering sessions, present findings, and review deliverables with senior stakeholders.
• Translate business, operational, and policy questions into effective analytical approaches and data products.
• Oversee the design and deployment of Tableau and/or Power BI dashboards that provide actionable insights and support self-service analytics.
• Lead scalable data preparation, integration, and automation efforts using tools such as SQL, R, Python, Tableau Prep, ETL/ELT tools, and Databricks.
• Guide the use of statistical methods, modeling techniques, geospatial analysis, and advanced visualization to answer complex program questions.
• Validate models, metrics, and analytical approaches to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Foster innovation by piloting new tools, modernizing workflows, and promoting continuous improvement.
• Lead and mentor a geographically distributed team of senior analysts and data scientists.
• Provide technical direction, performance guidance, and support for staff development.
• Promote strong practices in data intake, validation, analysis, visualization, documentation, and dissemination.
• Ensure rigorous quality assurance for dashboards, datasets, reports, and technical documentation.
• Oversee metadata, data dictionaries, and reference documentation to support data governance, transparency, and reuse.
• Coordinate recurring leadership reporting, cross-program analyses, and urgent or ad hoc data requests.
• Stay current on emerging analytics, visualization, and data platform tools and recommend adoption where appropriate.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical, quantitative, or related field, such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Economics, or Public Policy with a quantitative focus.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience interpreting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data in complex environments.
• 3+ years managing data, analytics, business intelligence, product, or technical projects; Agile or iterative delivery experience preferred.
• 3+ years of supervisory, team lead, project management, program management, or product management experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with remote, cross-functional teams.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Technical Skills

• Advanced SQL and proficiency in at least one scripting or statistical language, such as R or Python.
• Deep Tableau experience required; Power BI experience preferred.
• Experience designing and deploying interactive dashboards and self-service analytics solutions.
• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases and modern data modeling.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Applied experience with statistical analysis and modeling in policy, program, or operational decision-support settings.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, data preparation, and production or enterprise data workflows.
• Experience with geospatial data, mapping, or spatial analysis preferred.
• Proficiency with Agile collaboration and tracking tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, including AWS, preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal programs, especially programs involving refugee, immigrant, or social service populations.
• Experience working as a contractor or consultant in a federal government environment.

Location: Remote, Eastern Time

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Work Environment

This is a fully remote position aligned to Eastern Time. Occasional extended hours or weekend work may be required to support mission-critical needs. The role requires close collaboration with federal stakeholders, internal technical teams, and partner organizations supporting high-priority analytics and data systems.

The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

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