Job Description

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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

COMPANY: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

TITLE: Lead Data Scientist Tableau

LOCATION: Washington, D.C.

DUTIES: Synthesizes mechanical data across regions, enriches datasets, and creates working models that support regional and facility segmentation. Analyzes mechanical department processes and reporting to design regional and facility-specific Key Performance Indicators and metrics that highlight performance and productivity. Curates datasets from multiple sources, cleaning, normalizing, scaling, and imputing while deriving features for modelling. Supports advanced analysis and modelling efforts for the customer analytics team. Collaborates with IT and business partners to onboard new data sources, perform profiling and scoring, and track data quality. Develops programmatic visualizations to communicate findings with executive leadership. Leverages machine learning and natural language processing techniques to data mine customer feedback and provide proactive reporting to senior leadership.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field and three (3) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Lead Data Scientist Tableau or any occupation related to Data Science.

Must also have three (3) years of experience:
(1) Conducting exploratory data analysis for customer segmentation;
(2) Using Python/R and SQL to program large scale data sets for customer-related data domains;
(3) Cleaning, conforming, and summarizing data using imputation techniques and advanced feature engineering methods;
(4) Troubleshooting, debugging, and interpreting codes;
(5) Building reusable code including packages, libraries and stored procedures;
(6) Extracting, processing, and analyzing unstructured data sources;
(7) Utilizing visualization tools such as Business Objects, Tableau, or ggplot;
(8) Applying data warehousing concepts including data integration, normalization, and optimization.

All experience may be acquired concurrently. Remote work permitted in accordance with standard company policy. All positions require pre-employment background check verification and a pre-employment drug screen.

Up to 10% domestic travel required.

SALARY: $115,939 - $149,400 per year

CONTACT: To apply, https://bit.ly/3PH7MSs Please reference Job Code: 8877374.

Requisition ID:166614
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia

Job Family/Function:Information Technology
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:0 - 5%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law..