Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst

Location: McLean, Virginia (On-site)

Alternate

Location

Richmond, Virginia

Role Overview

This organization is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to lead critical efforts in enhancing the enterprise data ecosystem and establishing new datasets. The successful candidate will analyze existing network contracts to optimize the current data environment and build robust data structures. This role requires collaboration within a growing technical team to drive data quality and support key organizational initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze contract data within major payment networks to support ecosystem improvements and data integration.

• Design, develop, and maintain data models with a focus on relational databases.

• Consolidate and simplify existing scripts and pipelines to improve reusability, performance, and data quality.

• Adhere to enterprise data management practices by designing preventative and detective data quality checks.

• Manage code, scripts, and collaborative pipeline development using version control systems.

• Communicate technical challenges and data anomalies clearly to team members and stakeholders.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field is preferred.

• Experience: Five or more years of professional experience in data analysis and pipeline development.

• Technical Skills

• Proficiency in SQL and Python is required, alongside strong data modeling experience in relational databases and hands-on experience with Git.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience utilizing Databricks, OneLake, and OneStream.

• Domain knowledge in financial services or payment networks to translate business context into actionable data insights.

• Ability to navigate and synthesize disparate or ambiguous data sources.