Position: Sr.Data Analyst
Location: Omaha, NE - 100% onsite
Duration: 12+ months contract
NEED ONSITE CONTRACTOR - SENIOR (9-15 yrs)
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