DATA ANALYST

Our public sector client is seeking a Data Analyst to support a 1-year, remote work contract.
Over the last year, to enable the Digital transformation and data analytics strategy, the client has invested in developing a consolidated enterprise data platform on Azure cloud.
The Data Analysis Consultant will lead the design and implementation of data and technology solutions for the enterprise data platform. The selected candidate will be responsible for analyzing information requirements, recommending options for business and technology solutions, deliver blueprints for design, and implement them so they are aligned with the information strategies and governance standards. The individual is experienced in information requirements collection and analysis, data modeling, and data integration. You will need to quickly come up to speed on current state information architecture and familiarize themselves with the clients information management context.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collects, documents, and analyzes information management and data requirements
• Designs and implements data solutions using client data platform technologies
• Creates, reviews and validates conceptual, logical, and physical data models of applications to determine compatibility and fit with architectural principles and optimal solution design.
• Designs, creates and optimizes data flows for migration methods of existing data.
• Works collaboratively with information governance analysts and data architects to ensure that data models and structures are compliant with governance standards.
• Communicates requirements, issues, and options for resolutions to various stakeholders and tailors messages to the audience.

Must Have:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with reverse engineering legacy ETL builds (Data Manager) and source-to-target mappings to design and build future data assets
• Well-rounded hands-on experience in the following data management domains: dimensional and relational data modeling, SQL programming and ETL development.
• Experience implementing medallion architecture in Databricks
• Programming experience in SQL, Python and Apache Spark
• Validation/ testing of developed data solutions by comparing to existing or proxy datasets
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or other public cloud offerings
• Experience in Agile delivery
• Experience in IBM Data Manager
• Ability to understand, interpret, develop and maintain requirements and design documents
• Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking, time management, priority planning and interpersonal skills.

Assets:

• Experience with ERWIN or similar data modelling tool
• Experience with Denodo data virtualization
• Experience with Power BI report development
• Experience working in an Agile environment/team

• Collects, documents, and analyzes information management and data requirements
• Designs and implements data solutions using client data platform technologies
• Creates, reviews and validates conceptual, logical, and physical data models of applications to determine compatibility and fit with architectural principles and optimal solution design.
• Designs, creates and optimizes data flows for migration methods of existing data.
• Works collaboratively with information governance analysts and data architects to ensure that data models and structures are compliant with governance standards.
• Communicates requirements, issues, and options for resolutions to various stakeholders and tailors messages to the audience