Data Analytics Engineer

Barrios Technology is an engineering solutions partner with more than 45 years of experience supporting NASA and the commercial space industry. We deliver innovative engineering, software, and technology integration services across NASA centers nationwide. Barrios prides itself on a people-focused culture that values creativity, diversity, professional growth, and a healthy work-life balance.

Our long-term client relationship with NASA has led to a need for a Data Analytics Engineer on the MTIC contract onsite at JSC (Houston, TX). MTIC supports multiple human spaceflight programs by providing products and services for mission and program technical integration activities. This includes the necessary infrastructure functions for the International Space Station (ISS), Orion and Gateway programs, with the potential for supporting additional human spaceflight programs or projects via task orders.

The Data Analytics Engineer will:

Query SQL database tables to extract business requested data.
• Create ad-hoc reports (using MS SQL, MS Excel, Power BI Reporting tools) within required time-frames; analyze and validate data to provide assurance of accuracy and validity of critical business information.
• Provide quantitative analysis, reporting, and trending for key strategic initiatives; provide data sets and metrics to add context and measure potential impact for new projects.
• Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
• Actively engage with internal teams to streamline and standardize existing reports by identifying and developing opportunities to increase efficiencies.
• Analyze, improve, and add to existing dashboards by re-engineering existing solutions and queries.
• Build reporting tools to assist business operational users to execute day-to-day responsibilities.
• Analyze data correlations/discrepancies/reconciliations and related impact to business.
• Track and document post implementation benefits and key objective measurement.
• Provide data-based solutions to complex problems and offer creative suggestions for alternative designs and methods where applicable.
• Collect business intelligence data from available main sources to correlate with other available information and provide deeper insights with the data.
• Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
• Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
• Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand the insights and impact it is making.
• Partner with Product, Operations and Engineering to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities.
• Partner with your key stakeholders, the Product and Data teams, to manage development of data resources and gather requirements.
• Organize data sources and ensure data integrity and relevancy.
• Perform all other assigned duties.

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• BS degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Detail oriented - places a high value on accuracy, consistency, and completeness of work.
• Possesses excellent organizational and time management skills - must possess ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, must be comfortable and able to communicate clearly and effectively with others (team members, cross-functional teams, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders).
• Demonstrated experience thinking strategically about issues, leading to recommendations and action plans.
• Experience supporting product, business or operations teams in an analytical capacity.
• Experienced in numerical, statistical, and/or financial analysis.
• Knowledge in conducting quantitative analysis including SQL or Python, R, Java or C#.
• Self-starter, results-oriented with proven previous success at prioritizing and managing multiple tasks of varying complexities in the context of operational impact and corporate goals, as well as meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven logical and analytical problem-solving abilities. Comfort with numerical and statistical analysis.
• Trained or Experienced in designing and implementing data visualizations utilizing tools such as Sisense, Tableau, PowerBI, or other data visualization tools.

Preferences Education/Experience/Skills:

• 1-2 years of data analytics work experience.
• Advanced understanding & hands-on execution knowledge and comfort of relational databases and previous experience working with MS SQL Server including querying, re-engineering, and manipulating data.
• Trained or Experienced in designing and implementing data visualizations utilizing tools such as Sisense, Tableau, PowerBI, or other data visualization tools.
• Advanced MS SQL skills and previous background working with SQL and relational databases for data mining & manipulation.
• Good understanding of MS SSRS for report deployment and code management.
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience with MS Excel's analytics tools (Macros, VBA, Pivot Tables, Charts and Graphs).
• Working knowledge of Sisense.
• Prior work experience in similar role that involved heavy lifting of data, such as a complete ETL process, and working independently with cross-functional business units to analyze data requirements.
• Familiarity with project management and software development lifecycle practices is needed to effectively work with the Project Implementation teams.
• String Inductive Reasoning skills: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Essential Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation
• Post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol as outlined in our Drug Free Workplace policy
• Work may involve sitting for extended periods
• May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs
• Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary
• Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task
• Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.)
• Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical
• Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required
• Must be able to work in a team atmosphere
• Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others
• This position may require some commuting and traveling to other installations as needed

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Barrios Technology is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies. Please remember that regardless of the legalization of marijuana in several states, possession and use continues to be illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This includes the use of some CBD products. A post-offer, pre-employment drug test is a condition of employment.

Barrios Technology is an Equal Employment Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.