Data Analyst Quality Manager

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced, results-oriented, mission-driven Data Analyst Quality Manager with specialized focus on data quality analysis and testing.  We are looking for talented, innovative, and experienced individual to support the effort to increase the speed of data delivery for structured and unstructured data in the support of national security objectives. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding executing IT systems and supporting transformations utilizing a Lean Agile framework that promotes collaboration, transparency and continuous improvement. This is high visibility program, and we are seeking a results oriented self-starter.

As a Data Analyst Quality Manager you will contribute to a fast-paced team responsible for monitoring and maintaining data quality and conduct data testing. Your work will include responding to urgent data quality issues as they arise as well as proactive analysis to discover and research previously unknown problem areas.

Responsibilities:

• Test to ensure that data models are implemented properly

• Conduct final review of products

• Ensure all products write out correctly and all expected files are present if the set has restricted records

• Ensure data is prepared for production readiness

• Compare table schemas

• Data profiling

• Find, investigate, and map out strategies to correct data quality issues

• Work closely with other data quality team analysts, management, project managers, business analysts, and developers, to determine root causes for data quality issues

• Devise remediation plans that both prevent future occurrences and restore data that has already been affected

• Actively collaborate with others on business rules underlying the data

• Develop in-depth understanding and knowledge about the variety of data stores, data sources, applications and tiers

• Design and administer data collection tools; clean, merge and manage existing data sets as well as establish and maintain data quality procedures to ensure accuracy and timeliness of data

Qualifications

Required:

• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, science, or related discipline

• Ability to multi-task and willingness to take on additional responsibilities as needed

• 4+ years of overall professional experience

• Knowledge of Big Data, Data Warehousing, and ETL

• Understanding the operational nature of a deployed software system

• Aptitude for handling multiple tasks, workloads, changing priorities, and tight deadlines

• Working knowledge of Jira

• Ability to assess a problem and determine an effective course of action with sustainable solutions

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, work complex issues, and meet deadlines

• Ability to apply organizational, planning, management, problem solving and execution skills to multiple projects simultaneously

• Demonstrated capability and success working in team environments

• Interpersonal and communication skills, report writing abilities, an aptitude for analyzing data, and great business acumen

• Ability to evaluate customer needs, internal workflows and business processes

Desired:

• Knowledge of Nifi and/or DataBricks

• Familiar with Linux Operating System

• Familiar with Big Data Architecture (Spark), distributed system, data warehousing (example:  Apache Hive), and Data Lake

• Experience with Agile Methodologies and Kanban Framework

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 26,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.