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Job Summary:
The City of New York's Department of Investigation (DOI) is seeking a highly skilled data analyst to join its Data Analytics Unit, which supports criminal and policy-driven investigations. The role involves managing and analyzing large data sets to develop investigative leads and support ongoing investigations, while collaborating with various stakeholders to present actionable findings.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and enhance practices for identifying patterns and trends related to fraud, waste and abuse.
• Assist with the development of analytical models and tools to improve investigative outcomes.
• Acquire, clean, and manage data from various internal and external sources.
• Work collaboratively with DOI investigators to generate investigative leads, create reports, and interpret data.
• Collaborate closely with DOI attorneys, auditors, fellow analysts, and investigators, as well as prosecutors and local law enforcement, agencies leadership, and other stakeholders, on investigative matters as well as special projects relating to data.
Qualifications:
Required:
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in an industrial or governmental agency in the field of investigation, auditing, law enforcement, security, inspections, or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to '1' or '2' above.
Preferred:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, or Information Systems.
• Experience working in data analytics including but not limited to data cleansing and wrangling, exploratory data analysis, machine learning, and statistical analysis.
• Strong analytical written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with data acquisition tools and techniques for SQL/NoSQL databases including ETL and the ability to construct and execute complex queries.
• Knowledge in one or more object-oriented programming languages including Python, or R.
Company:
City of New York, often called as New York City, is the most populous city in United States. Founded in 1898, headquartered in New York, New York, USA, team size 10001+ employees, currently Late Stage.