FINANCE DEPARTMENT

TAMIL NADU INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

INVITATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST
BY INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS

1. About Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board

The Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board set up under the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure
Development Act, 2012 is the nodal agency for infrastructure development in the State of Tamil
Nadu. TNIDB plays a critical role in infrastructure development in the State by facilitating
project development in a seamless, efficient, and transparent manner. The TNID Act along with
the Rules and Regulations thereof provides TNIDB with the necessary administrative authority
and lay down a clear framework of processes and procedures to:
 Create an enabling and facilitative environment
 Identify, prioritise, and implement infrastructure projects
 Enable private sector participation where feasible
More about TNIDB can be found at www.tnidb.tn.gov.in

2. About Tamil Nadu Financial Data Analytics Unit

The Finance Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu recognized that a comprehensive
understanding and analysis of governance-related data is critical for effective and efficient fiscal
management, sustainable planning, budgeting, and policy design. In this context, the Finance
Department vide G.O. No. 211 dated 24th June 2024, created an institutional decision support
system called the ‘Tamil Nadu Financial Data Analytics (TN FDA) Unit’.

The primary objective of the unit will be to deliver advanced analytical work on financial
(revenue and expenditure) and non-financial data (outputs, outcomes), typically-

1. Diagnostics to determine causality and correlations

2. Stress testing, Simulations, and Scenario building
3. Predictive analysis
4. Ad hoc analysis
Remuneration will be competitive with government sector pay scales and will depend on the
candidate’s experience levels.
TNIDB invites qualified and experienced candidates to apply for the post mentioned below, on a
contractual basis for two years;

S. Position Job Description Educational Qualifications and

No Experience
1 Analyst - 2 Issue identification and Education
positions analysis  Bachelor’s degree in
 Actively carries out issue Computer Science,
The Analyst will
identification and analysis Information Technology, or
play a critical role
using secondary research a related field or a
in problem
and techniques such as root Management Graduate from
statement
cause analysis, pattern a reputed institution
definition,
analysis, among others to  Proficiency in self-service
background
develop data frames and analytics or visualisation
research and
analytical solutions. tools like Power BI or
solution design,
 Leverages working Tableau or equivalent
translation of the
relationships with the  Good knowledge of MS
functional
Lead/Data Scientist/Senior Office tools is important.
requirements for
Analyst/Economist and Knowledge of any other
the technical team,
other stakeholders to productivity tools is a bonus
quality checks,
determine data needs and
insight generation
optimal methods for issue Experience & Expertise
and storyboarding,
identification and analysis.  5 years’ proven experience
visualisation and in Business or Systems or
presentation of Solution design Process Analysis or similar
output. The ideal  Provides input to the Lead
role
candidate should on timelines, estimates,  Experienced in using large
have a strong risks, deviations, and other and diverse datasets,
background in challenges during planning including real-world data
database and implementation of the and ability to draw
management, ETL project. inferences across
(Extract,  Collaborates with IT and
 Expertise in using analytics
Transform, Load) software development frameworks for root cause
processes, and teams to integrate data analysis and solution
data warehousing, engineering solutions with framing
along with existing systems.  Ability to distil volumes of
optimising data Research and insights analysis information into easily
pipelines and  Performs supporting digestible conceptual
ensuring data secondary research and frameworks
accuracy and conducts analysis to
reliability. support project delivery.
  Analyses qualitative and
The role will quantitative data from a Personal Characteristics
report to the range of literature to and Desired Qualities
FDAU Head / provide actionable insights  Ability to build and maintain
Lead and would for informed decision positive and collaborative
require active making. relationships within the
interaction with  Keeps abreast of research organisation
other team and findings in key  Ability to set priorities, plan
members typically thematic areas within data timelines and meet
Economist, and technology in India, deadlines.
Business Analyst actively sharing this  Detail-oriented and ability to
and Data Scientist information with manage multiple concurrent
for effective colleagues. tasks
project delivery.  Helps in drafting the first  Intellectual curiosity and
level of insights for ability/willingness to
internal discussion, constantly learn
including storyboarding  High ability to collaborate
and communicating and actively listen to others,
insights effectively. understanding and valuing
 Refines the insights basis others’ views
feedback and prepares  Public-spirited and generous
output for stakeholder temperament
presentations so it is  Stay abreast of industry
accessible and trends, emerging
actionable. technologies, and best
practices in data analysis
Data mapping and
Transformation
 Develops and maintains
metadata, data models,
data mapping, and
transformation
documentation to ensure
accuracy and consistency
over time
 Works closely with the
Data Engineers to gather
and analyse data mapping
requirements, and ensure
efficient Extraction-
Transformation-Loading
procedures so data is
accurately mapped and
transformed to meet
requirements Collaborates
with Data Scientists and
 Analysts to understand
data structures for optimal
analysis
 Stays updated with
emerging trends and
technologies in data
mapping and
transformation, while
recommending
improvements to the
FAU’s data integration
practices
Project Management
 Oversees the project
delivery tasks in
association with the
Project Lead / Data
Engineers and identify
risks or dependencies as
they arise through the
project lifecycle
 Reviews outputs, checking
against data standards and
data quality
 Presents / assists Team
Lead in presenting the
outputs and findings
 Conducts workshops /
training to functional users,
where applicable
 Documents functional
requirements, business
processes, use-cases, and
other project artefacts
S. Position Job Description Educational Qualifications
No and Experience
2 Data Scientist – 1 Problem Statement Education
position formulation  Postgraduate in
 Participates actively in Quantitative discipline
the formulation of the (Mathematics / Statistics)
The Data Scientist problem or the objective or Economics or other data
will be responsible statement, along with the centric disciplines from a
for leveraging Lead / Business Analyst reputed institution
advanced analytics and the Economist  Skilled in using tools like
and machine learning including, but not R, Stata, Python
techniques to extract limited to, technical /  Skilled in machine learning
valuable insights modelling or data algorithms, statistical
from complex data constraints modelling, and data
sets. The ideal analysis.
candidate should  Data Collection and  Familiarity with big data
possess a strong Preparation technologies and
background in  Collaborates with Data distributed computing
statistics, Engineers/Analysts to (e.g., Spark) is a plus.
programming, and collect, clean, and
machine learning, preprocess large Experience & Expertise
with the ability to volumes of structured  4 to 6 years’ proven
translate findings into and unstructured data experience in statistical
actionable business from various sources modelling and analysis,
strategies. including databases, especially involving
APIs, spreadsheets, etc Government’s
The role will report administrative datasets
for analysis
to the FDAU Head /
 Ensures data availability  Skilled in handling large
Lead and would and disparate datasets,
and quality
require active
 Creates the analysis including real-world data
interaction with other  Experience of designing
dataset, including
team members experiments, testing
creation of derived
(Economist, Business hypotheses, building
variables
Analyst, Data models, conducting
Engineers, etc),
 Statistical Analysis and advanced and complex
senior researchers, multi-dimensional data
Modeling
consultants and
 Works with the analysis
partner organisations
Economist in assessing  Demonstrated experience
for effective project of application of advanced
various modelling
delivery. statistical, predictive
strategies and finalising
the appropriate one modelling, machine
(model, methodologies, learning techniques to
etc), clearly build, maintain, re-
 documenting the reason calibrate, and redevelop
for the choice and the models / algorithms
expected outcomes  Strong problem-solving
 Applies strategy / model skills and the ability to
development think critically about
methodology and testing business challenges
to the analysis dataset  Excellent communication
 Develops and skills with the ability to
implements machine explain complex concepts
learning models to to non-technical
predict outcomes and stakeholders
identifies patterns, where
appropriate Personal Characteristics
 Uses machine learning and Desired Qualities
models developed to  Ability to build and
build predictive models maintain positive and
and classifiers, tuning collaborative relationships
parameters for optimal both within and outside the
performance organisation
 Optimises models for  Ability to set priorities,
performance and plan timelines and meet
scalability deadlines.
 Intellectual curiosity and
Exploratory Data ability/willingness to
Analysis constantly learn
 Performs Exploratory  High ability to collaborate
Data Analysis (EDA) to and actively listen to
understand others, understanding and
characteristics of data valuing others’ views
including visualising  Public-spirited and
data distributions, generous temperament
identifying outliers, and  Continuous Learning and
uncovering preliminary Research
patterns in data o Stay abreast of the
 Prepares the initial draft latest developments in
of insights/presentation data science, machine
for internal discussion learning, and related
 Identifies relevant fields.
features and variables to o Contribute to research
enhance model accuracy activities and evaluate
 Collaborates with the emerging technologies
Economist or other for potential
domain experts to implementation
incorporate industry-
specific knowledge into
analyses
 Data Insight and
Visualization
 Collaborates with the
Business
Analyst/Economist to
interpret the results of
analyses and models, to
provide actionable
insights assisting the
organisation to make
effective decisions
 Creates visualisations to
effectively communicate
complex findings and
insights to stakeholders
to convey trends,
patterns, and
anomalies
 Develops interactive
dashboards for ongoing
monitoring and
reporting, where needed

3. REMUNERATION:
Remuneration would be based on similar roles in other public organizations.

4. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION

All applications shall be sent by email to [email protected], [email protected] and
through post to the undermentioned address in the prescribed format.
5. Interested candidates are requested to submit their application <here>

The Chief Executive Officer,

Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board,
3rd Floor, Tower-II CMDA Building
Egmore, Chennai-8

Last date for receipt of application is 24.01.2025