Data Analyst

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Posted: 01-Aug-24

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Research - Laboratory/Non-Laboratory
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: JR27253

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

• Develops and enhances climate and impact research tools.

• Manages and optimizes petabyte-scale data storage systems.

• Collaborates with researchers for new analyses with large datasets.

• Trains research assistants in the use of new and existing computational tools and provides support.

• Oversees code management and organization within the lab.

• Ensures efficient data storage accessibility and integrity.

• Contributes insights to research and produces output for policymakers.

• Develops, maintains, and extends computational tools and data storage systems for climate and impact research.

• Supports researchers in conducting new analyses by working with petabyte-scale in multiple computing environments.

• Acts as a point of contact for code management and data storage at the Lab.

• Supports data collection and analytical needs of research projects. Conducts literature reviews and helps write reports and manuscripts. Ensures project compliance with different policies, procedures, directives, and mandates.

• Takes responsibility for the following non-laboratory duties: transcribing and coding data; developing data collection instruments; presenting research; and recruiting and scheduling research subjects. Acquires higher-level skills and knowledge in the process.

• Analyzes moderately complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information.

• Provides professional support to staff or faculty members in defining the project and applying principals of data science in manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced degree in a related field.

Experience:

• Experience training team members with software tools.

• Strong background in Python; data analysis tools (pandas, xarray), climate data storage formats (e.g. NetCDF, Zarr).

• Familiarity with version control (git).

• Experience with geospatial and temporal data visualization.

• Strong background in distributed computing tools (dask).

• High-performance computing clusters.

• Linux command line/bash scripting.

• Familiarity with R and/or STATA.

Preferred Competencies

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong multi-disciplinary collaboration skills.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (required)

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