Data Analyst (Mid-Level) (0045)

OCT Consulting is a business management and technology consulting firm that supports Federal Government clients. We provide consulting services in the areas of Strategy, Process Improvement, Change Management, Program and Project Management, Acquisition/Procurement, and Information Technology.

Responsibilities and Duties

OCT currently has an opening for a Data Analyst  to work with our federal client.

Day to day responsibilities include:

- Optimize business rules for the eVetting process (such as Tier 3 initial and preliminary investigations) to safely increase automated pass rates and reduce manual reviews, supporting Trusted Workforce 2.0 objectives.
- Analyze investigation and adjudication data, as well as rule test results, to identify bottlenecks in current automated systems.
- Conduct comprehensive quantitative, qualitative, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis on unclassified, PII-free data to find the root causes of low automated pass rates.
- Interview personnel performing manual interim determinations to understand decision-making processes and capture qualitative operational insights.
- Develop actionable written recommendations to modify eVetting business rules to improve efficiency without compromising security standards.
- Perform trending analysis to identify shifts in adjudication policy and evaluate the significance of specific data fields (e.g., "Easy Label").
- Recommend opportunities for data enrichment by integrating additional data sources, such as final adjudication outcomes or mitigating applicant information.
- Investigate the use of advanced analytical techniques to create predictive and prescriptive insights, including predictive risk models and network analysis to visualize connections.
- Communicate, coordinate, collaborate, and liaise with user representatives, program sponsors, mission partners, and other client elements.