Contract Data Analyst - Remote

Overview

The Data Analyst helps organizations better understand their data and needs through skilled requirements engineering, strong data modeling practices, and hands-on analytics. This role focuses on designing and building Power BI reports and dashboards, working comfortably within the Azure ecosystem, and querying and analyzing data primarily using Snowflake SQL to extract insights and support decision-making.

In Short

• Design and develop Power BI reports and dashboards that provide meaningful insights and support decision-making.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses using Snowflake SQL and BI tools to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Build, enhance, and maintain interactive Power BI dashboards, ensuring performance, usability, and consistency.
• Support ETL processes and data pipelines within Azure to ensure reliable, well-structured data for reporting and analytics.
• Work closely with Azure data services, including the data lake, to understand data ingestion, storage, and transformations.
• Create and maintain ERDs and data dictionaries to document data structures, relationships, and business definitions.
• Serve as an expert in gathering actionable requirements and executing against them in an agile environment.
• Support data governance, cataloging, lineage, and metadata management.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand reporting needs, and translate them into effective data solutions.
• Investigate and assess existing reports with the ability to convert them into Power BI dashboards or enhance them as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of data and analytics in cloud environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Snowflake.
• Advanced proficiency with Power BI, including data modeling, DAX, and report optimization.
• Experience working within the Azure ecosystem.
• Experience creating ERDs, data dictionaries, and supporting data governance efforts.
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum development processes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with non-technical teams.
• Proactive self-starter who takes ownership of tasks and drives work forward with minimal oversight.

Benefits

• Full-time remote/telecommute contract position available now until August 2026 with potential to transition to full-time employment.