ALTEN

Data Analyst – Analytics & Data Operations

ALTEN
6 - 10 years
Roswell, GA
Full-time
Onsite
1 month ago

About the role

About The Role
We are seeking a Data Analyst who will play a critical role in delivering reliable insights , working closely with stakeholders, and ensuring data accuracy across the organization. This role goes beyond traditional reporting; the analyst will actively investigate and resolve data issues , collaborate with cross‐functional teams , and provide operational support for analytics systems. The ideal candidate is analytically strong, detail‐oriented, comfortable working with ambiguity, and capable of balancing business analysis with data operations and system support .
Key Responsibilities
Analytics & Business Insights
  • Partner with business and technical stakeholders to understand objectives and translate them into clear analytical requirements
  • Perform ad‐hoc and recurring analyses to support business decision‐making
  • Analyze large datasets to identify trends, risks, anomalies, and opportunities
  • Align and maintain data definitions, metrics, and business rules across teams
  • Present insights through dashboards, reports, and clear written or verbal summaries to both technical and non‐technical audiences

Data Quality, Issue Resolution & Root Cause Analysis
  • Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve data discrepancies across source systems, pipelines, and downstream reporting
  • Perform root‐cause analysis in collaboration with data engineering, platform, application, and business teams
  • Validate fixes, implement preventative controls, and ensure issues do not recur
  • Act as a primary point of contact for data‐related issues, troubleshooting, and inquiries

Data Operations & Systems Support
  • Monitor data pipelines, dashboards, and jobs for failures or abnormal behavior
  • Support analytics and reporting systems during incidents, outages, or data availability issues
  • Conduct post‐deployment testing and validation to ensure data accuracy and system stability as needed
  • Identify opportunities to improve automation, monitoring, alerting, and data workflows

Required Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience as a Data Analyst or Analytics-driven role
  • Strong proficiency in SQL or Python (required)
  • Experience working with databases and large, complex datasets
  • Strong experience with data visualization or reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
  • Expertise with modern data platforms and analytics stacks (e.g., Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake)
  • Solid understanding of data validation, data quality, and reconciliation techniques
  • Demonstrated ability to independently investigate complex data issues from source systems through reporting layers
  • Strong analytical, critical‐thinking, and problem‐solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non‐technical teams

Preferred / Nice‐to‐Have Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Math or a related field
  • Familiarity with cloud data warehouses and ETL/ELT tools
  • Exposure to data transformation tools (e.g., dbt)
  • Experience supporting production analytics systems or data platforms
  • Knowledge of basic statistics and experiment analysis (e.g., A/B testing)
  • Comfort participating in off‐peak deployments and releases when needed

Skills

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