Data Analyst

The Data Analyst will work with a team to provide high-quality service to our customers in managing a portfolio of systems. This role is responsible for executing data management activities in data quality and data asset management.

This position is a collaborative role that provides support for analysis and research into data structures, attribution, maintenance, and models to ensure alignment with the organization's strategic data management direction. The Data Analyst is also responsible for maintaining the visibility and integrity of the portfolio's data asset inventory by identifying and closing information gaps.

The Data Analyst will work within an agile team to provide high-quality service to customers by applying analytical techniques to determine solutions based on client requirements within an IT services/solutions scope. The role involves analyzing and reverse-engineering business and technical artifacts to capture, store, and maintain metadata for systems within the portfolio. The Data Analyst may also develop and maintain data quality assessments and data profiles and will work closely with functional and technical data stewards to present findings and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze operational activities to obtain a quantitative, rational basis for decision making and resource allocation
• Conceptually understand and convey complex topics related to data management, data governance, and data maturity to stakeholders and leadership
• Work with subject matter experts (SMEs) across organizations to collect and update business and technical metadata
• Reverse engineer data models and other design or build artifacts to extract relevant business and technical metadata and load into a metadata repository
• Review submitted data to detect data quality problems and anomalies and assist with correcting current and historical data
• Collect and analyze data and associated system artifacts to support stakeholders in improving business practices
• Perform analysis to determine how data can best be applied to benefit stakeholders
• Develop ETL routines to load and curate disparate data sets
• Analyze and reverse-engineer business and technical artifacts such as data models, data catalogs, design documentation, and interfaces
• Develop and maintain data quality assessments and data profiles
• Collaborate with functional and technical data stewards to present findings and provide recommendations
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Experience with ETL or data movement software such as StreamSets, Databricks, Jupyter Notebooks, or similar tools
• Experience using SQL for data analysis, data quality, and data profiling activities
• Experience leading small teams of 3-4 personnel
• Experience with one or more scripting languages
• Experience with ETL performance optimization
• Experience working with large data sets in enterprise-level data warehousing or data lake environments
• Experience creating data mapping documentation for databases, interfaces, and applications
• Experience working in Agile development environments and Agile roles

Preferred

• Experience with Air Force Logistics systems and data
• Experience with Python
• Experience in requirements elicitation
• Experience in Information Management, including data design, data transformation, data governance, or other DAMA DMBOK-aligned practices
• Experience working with and defining data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Logical thinker with the ability to articulate ideas verbally and diagrammatically
• Experience in logical data modeling and data normalization
• Experience interpreting data and analyzing results using statistical techniques
• Experience with data collection systems and data collection strategies

About Us

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is a Navajo Nation owned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT, professional, environmental, and research and development services. DDC is dedicated to empowering the Navajo Nation and communities we serve.

Benefits

Eligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, retirement savings with company match, paid time off, voluntary supplemental benefits, and access to an employee assistance program. The package also includes educational assistance, with tuition reimbursement.

EEO Statement

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing information about compensation, or any other basis prohibited by law. We participate in E-Verify.