Programmer Analyst Location: Chicago, Illinois, Hybrid/Remote Position for Information Technology (IT) will, develop, implement, and maintain, technology processes for the Data Analytics department. Provide expertise in the research and conceptualization of new programming and automation initiatives for the agency. Coordinates with team and IT department to ensure technical processes reflect department and organizational priorities and requirements. Perform business and data analysis to deliver data and analytics capabilities to the organization. Performs hands-on coding and configuration work with an ever-evolving technology toolset. + Works with Data Analytics group to identify methods that allow for maintenance, enhancement, and automation of existing capabilities. + Conducts thorough problem analysis of department technical systems and application programs. Documents findings and proposes problem resolution alternatives. + Builds front-end web interfaces for sharing and visualizing analytic output. + Reviews all programs prior to implementation to verify consistency and conformance with established departmental guidelines, policies, and practices as well as industry standards and guidelines. + Maintains current working knowledge of all application systems and technologies. Serves as technical project liaison with various departments on behalf of the Data Analytics department. + Provides technical expertise and serves as subject matter expert on Data Analytics project needs and goals. + Assists in the creation and automation of Data Analytics’ capabilities to support project efforts. + Provides the assistance to Data Analytics group members on data sourcing, transformation, and modeling activities. Challenges + Understanding the complex information needs throughout the business and determining the correct technical solutions to address those needs. + Being a self-directed technologist with no organizational peers doing the same job. + Communicating technical challenges or constraints to people less knowledgeable in the area. Experience Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Quantitative Analysis, or a related field, plus three (3) years of hands-on technical development experience and/or programming and systems design, or an equivalent combination of education and experience relating to this position. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities + Detailed knowledge of systems development concepts, lifecycles, and methodologies. + Detailed knowledge of data management/SQL concepts, lifecycles, and methodologies + Detailed knowledge of relevant programming languages, such as Python, Java, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS PL/SQL, R, Ruby, C#, C++, etc. + Detailed knowledge of relational database design. + Detailed knowledge of a range of RDBMS query languages, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. + Working knowledge of machine learning processes and common algorithms. + Working knowledge of physical, logical, and conceptual data model design. + Working knowledge of structured programming principles. + Working knowledge of the methods and practices in system implementation, industry standard testing, database administration, and user training. + Working knowledge of a Business Intelligence technical stack preferred SALARY AND BENEFITS The leadership of our Company believes in attracting and retaining exceptional talent committed to serving our clients. We offer a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Please visit our Careers page for additional information. Salary and benefits information will be available to applicants, when and if an offer is made. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION The leadership of our Company is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.   HOW TO APPLY All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process.   As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, Cycurion, Inc. and our Subsidiaries prohibit discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth; one’s gender identity may be male, female, neither or both, e.g., non-binary), gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not be distinctively male or female and may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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