Principal or Sr Principal Data Insight Analyst

Northrop Grumman • Palmdale, CA

44d • $103,600 - $193,900 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal or Sr Principal Data Insight Analyst to join our team in Palmdale, Ca. The candidate should be a self-starter who thrives in both independent and collaborative settings while consistently maintaining strong connections across the team. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 10% may be required. This requisition maybe filled at the Principal or Sr Principal level based on requirements listed below.

Requirements

• For a Principal Data Insight Analyst (Level 3): 5 years with Bachelor’s degree or 3 years with a Master’s degree or 9 years of experience in lieu of degree
• For a Sr Principal Data Insight Analyst (Level 4): 8 years with Bachelor’s degree or 6 years with a Master’s degree or 12 Years of experience in lieu of degree
• Hands-on analytics experience, including advanced statistical modeling and experimentation
• Proficient with MS Office products and Atlassian Suites
• Experience with pivoting tables, charting, and building nested Excel functions
• Candidates must be willing to work a dynamic work schedule/ multiple shifts that may include extended shifts, holidays, and weekends
• Active Government Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR)within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Nice To Haves

• Be familiar with aircraft systems such as avionics/mechanical equipment as well as other common systems

Responsibilities

• Understand and experience in specifying, collecting, processing and presenting information from potentially several disparate data sets
• Generate actionable knowledge from data
• Analyze data sets and quickly developing recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative data from many different types of sources
• Identify patterns and higher-level information from all the data sources through use of tools and application programming
• Understands the general problem space and is confident in explaining the different insights generated from the data.
• Translate analytic findings into clear, actionable recommendations and executive presentations with compelling visualizations and narratives
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and lineage for insight-generating datasets through validation rules, monitoring, and escalation processes
• Prioritize analytics backlog using business impact, technical feasibility, and operational readiness; manage stakeholder expectations and delivery timelines
• Lead cross-functional analytics projects, coordinating engineering, data platform, and business teams to deliver production-ready solutions

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal