Vertex Inc

Senior Technical Investigative Analyst

Vertex Inc • $90K — $120K *
Chantilly, VA 20152In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
More than 3 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of strong SQL and technical experience in data querying for analysis.
  • Proven investigative and analytical skills with operational experience.
  • Ability to conduct both spontaneous and scheduled data briefings effectively.
  • Track record in concluding investigations and presenting actionable findings.
  • Excellent writing skills for both formal reports and general communication.
  • Experience in translating complex information for non-technical audiences.
  • Capability to develop custom scripts for data processing and visualization with BI tools.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze large data sets in Cloud environments for unusual behaviors and insights.
  • Conduct all-source analysis to support investigative missions.
  • Research and present findings through reports and briefings.
  • Identify incidents of fraud, waste, and misuse of information technology systems.
  • Develop new methodologies and tools to enhance analytical practices.
  • Engage in working groups to collaboratively address technical challenges.

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off, including holidays and leave of absences
  • Eligible Tuition Reimbursement
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Employee assistance resources
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:

  • Leveraging investigative, analytic, technical, and writing skills and experience to analyze large data sets thoroughly and efficiently to identify concerning behavior and non-obvious correlations, particularly as it related to Cloud environments
  • Performing all-source analysis in support of the mission
  • Researching, preparing, and presenting reports and briefings as required
  • Detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and misuse of information technologies systems
  • Proposing new methodologies and/or tools to improve analytic capabilities
  • Participating in working groups and technical meetings to address issues


Experience:

  • Strong SQL experience, and technical experience relevant to querying and analyzing data for investigative or operational purposes
  • Demonstrated investigative, analytic and/or operational experience
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in providing impromptu as well as prepared data analysis and briefings
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in closing out investigative efforts and presenting findings for review and action
  • Strong writing skills, to include formal written reports and less-formal email correspondence
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in collecting and analyzing potentially highly-technical information and accurately representing/visualizing it to non-technical third parties
  • Ability to write custom scripts to load/clean data and familiarity with business intelligence tools or other technologies to create data visualizations


Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous investigative experience, using a combination of technical and analytic skills
  • Strong writing skills, to include formal written reports and less-formal email correspondence
  • Exceptional judgement in support of questions generated from Sponsor data holdings
  • Experience searching, reading, and comprehending information using the Sponsor's key analytic/targeting tools
  • Solid understanding of cybersecurity and IT fundamentals (e.g. networks)


Employee benefits include the following:

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off, including holidays and leave of absences
  • Eligible Tuition Reimbursement
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Employee assistance resources


Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

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About Vertex Inc

Vertex Inc is a leading provider of tax technology and services, enabling companies of all sizes to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes, while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific industries for every major line of tax, including income, sales and consumer use, value added and payroll. Vertex also offers solutions for tax data management, compliance and reporting, tax research, and planning and analysis. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Vertex Inc
Size
1,200 employees
Market Cap
$2.2 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
-$78.9 million
Founded
1978
Revenue
$374.6 million
NASDAQ
VERX
* Ladders Estimates

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