Data Analyst 2, SG-23 - DIGIT/RAISE

Duties Description The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation; and preserving the stability of the global financial system.

The Department of Financial Services is seeking candidates for the position of Data Analyst 2 in Office of Responsible Artificial Intelligence Safety & Education (RAISE). Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Produces business intelligence solutions by querying data from RAISE Act submissions, including frontier AI frameworks, assessments of catastrophic risk, critical safety incident reports, and other data;
• Devises methods for identifying data patterns and trends in data gathered under the RAISE Act to support internal and external reporting and analysis;
• Researches new data sources and analytical tools, and recommends solutions;
• Conducts or coordinates tests to ensure that business intelligence solutions are consistent with defined needs;
• Tests, validates, and reformulates models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest;
• Drafts new functions or applications in programming languages to conduct analyses;
• Creates written reports and effectively communicates/presents results; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with frontier AI concepts such as training compute thresholds, capability evaluations, and model release types, sufficient to extract and analyze required data points from information provided under the RAISE Act.
• Foundational skills in SQL (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, and basic aggregation to pull and combine data from filing databases and trackers) and Excel (formulas, pivot tables, and conditional formatting), with some exposure to Python or R sufficient to run and lightly modify existing scripts, run standard queries, and update reports and dashboards.
• Comfortable working with structured and semi-structured filings (PDF, CSV, JSON) and basic text extraction tools.

Appointment Method:

Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications listed below in order to be eligible for appointment.

Non-Competitive: Seven years of experience* in data visualization, and statistical models and data mining tools.

• Substitution: Associate degree may substitute for two years of specialized experience; bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience; master's degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience; J.D. may substitute for six years of specialized experience

Additional Comments Please note that a change in negotiating unit may affect your salary, insurance and other benefits.

Salary: The starting salary for this position is $90,582 with periodic increases up to $114,585

Positions located within the New York City metropolitan area, as well as Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, are also eligible to receive an additional $4,150 annual downstate adjustment.

Appointment Status: Temporary

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