Job Description
ROLE SUMMARY
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SENIOR DATA ANALYST TO LEAD REPORTING AND ANALYTICS EFFORTS ACROSS OPERATIONS. THIS ROLE WILL FOCUS ON BUILDING SCALABLE, ACCURATE REPORTING, IDENTIFYING INSIGHTS FROM OPERATIONAL DATA, AND ENABLING DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS ACROSS BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY TEAMS.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
DESIGN AND BUILD END-TO-END REPORTING SOLUTIONS (DASHBOARDS, RECURRING REPORTS, AD-HOC ANALYSIS) ALIGNED TO BUSINESS NEEDS
PARTNER WITH STAKEHOLDERS (OPS, DQAS, OPCC, TECH) TO DEFINE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND KPIS
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN DATA MODELS AND PIPELINES TO SUPPORT RELIABLE REPORTING
ANALYZE LARGE DATASETS TO IDENTIFY TRENDS, ANOMALIES, AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
OWN DATA QUALITY VALIDATION AND ENSURE ACCURACY ACROSS REPORTING OUTPUTS
TRANSLATE COMPLEX DATA INTO CLEAR, ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FOR LEADERSHIP
DRIVE STANDARDIZATION AND AUTOMATION OF REPORTING PROCESSES TO REDUCE MANUAL EFFORT
SUPPORT INCIDENT ANALYSIS BY PROVIDING DATA-BACKED ROOT CAUSE INSIGHTS
COLLABORATE WITH ENGINEERING TEAMS ON DATA SOURCING, TRANSFORMATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS
STRONG SQL SKILLS (COMPLEX JOINS, PERFORMANCE TUNING, DATA VALIDATION)
EXPERIENCE WITH DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS (POWER BI, TABLEAU, OR SIMILAR)
PROFICIENCY IN DATA WRANGLING AND ANALYSIS (PYTHON / R PREFERRED)
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LARGE DATASETS AND DATA WAREHOUSES (SNOWFLAKE, AZURE, HADOOP, ETC.)
UNDERSTANDING OF ETL/ELT PIPELINES AND DATA MODELING CONCEPTS
STRONG EXCEL SKILLS FOR AD-HOC AND VALIDATION WORK
EXPERIENCE WITH DATA QUALITY FRAMEWORKS AND VALIDATION TECHNIQUES
PREFERRED SKILLS
EXPERIENCE WITH OPERATIONAL / REAL-TIME REPORTING ENVIRONMENTS
FAMILIARITY WITH RAILROAD, LOGISTICS, OR TRANSPORTATION DATA
EXPOSURE TO AZURE DATA STACK (ADF, SYNAPSE, DATABRICKS)
UNDERSTANDING OF EVENT-DRIVEN SYSTEMS AND STREAMING DATA
SOFT SKILLS
STRONG STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION ABILITY TO TRANSLATE DATA INTO BUSINESS IMPACT
ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS BUSINESS AND TECH TEAMS WITHOUT FORMAL AUTHORITY
HIGHLY ANALYTICAL WITH STRONG PROBLEM-SOLVING MINDSET
SELF-DRIVEN, ABLE TO OPERATE IN AMBIGUOUS AND FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
BACHELORS DEGREE IN DATA SCIENCE, COMPUTER SCIENCE, STATISTICS, ENGINEERING, OR RELATED FIELD
5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DATA ANALYTICS / REPORTING ROLES
PROVEN EXPERIENCE BUILDING ENTERPRISE-GRADE REPORTING SOLUTIONS