Principal or Sr Principal Data Insight Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Palmdale, CA +1 · Data Science

This role focuses on data analysis and insight generation within the defense sector, requiring strong analytical skills, data processing capabilities, and the ability to translate findings into actionable recommendations. It involves leading analytics projects and ensuring data quality, with a strong emphasis on government clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Understand and experience in specifying, collecting, processing and presenting information from potentially several disparate data sets
  2. Generate actionable knowledge from data
  3. Analyze data sets and quickly developing recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative data from many different types of sources
  4. Identify patterns and higher-level information from all the data sources through use of tools and application programming
  5. Translate analytic findings into clear, actionable recommendations and executive presentations with compelling visualizations and narratives

Skills

Required

  • Advanced statistical modeling
  • Experimentation
  • MS Office proficiency
  • Atlassian Suites proficiency
  • Pivoting tables
  • Charting
  • Nested Excel functions
  • Data processing
  • Data presentation
  • Actionable insights generation
  • Data quality assurance
  • Analytics backlog prioritization
  • Stakeholder management
  • Delivery timelines management
  • Cross-functional project leadership

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with aircraft systems (avionics/mechanical equipment)

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Government Top Secret SCI clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access