What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Analyst position at Spruce Technology Inc.?
Title: Sr. Data Analyst
Location: Brooklyn NY (Hybrid: 2/3 days onsite)
Long term
We are in need of a Senior Data Analyst with Data Modelling (DM) expertise to work with Information Technology (IT). The Senior Data Analyst with Data Modelling expertise will primarily be responsible for detailed field-level analysis, metadata analysis and profiling of internal and external sources as well as creation of conceptual, logical physical, and dimensional data models as part of ongoing process improvement programs.
Scope of Work:
The Senior Data Analyst shall provide Data Management team with technical expertise for the completion of Data Profiling/Cleansing, Conversion/Migration and Validation efforts part Legacy Replacement initiative as well as ongoing process improvement programs.
The following deliverables shall apply:
- Participate in identification, inventory, and classification of critical data.
- Work with data SME''s to document data quality rules and definitions.
- Actively participate in optimization and performance tuning of existing ETL and SQL processes.
- Extract business rules from the existing Legacy code and create Source-to-Target mappings.
- Transform business rules and data quality rules into ETL and/or SQL technical specifications.
- Develop complex SQL data validations based on STTMs and target Data Models.
- Provide technical and analytical support to data integrity and quality initiatives.
- Collaborate with SME''s and technical leads in identifying and addressing data quality gaps.
- Work with IT partners to remediate identified gaps using both manual and automated solutions.
- Support processes that proactively detect, correct, and prevent invalid data values.
- Defect handling and problem resolution.
Mandatory Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of five (5) years of source-to-target data mapping experience in a mixed Mainframe and Relational Database environments.
- Experience creating data dictionary documentation with business terms, valid values, and definitions.
- Experience converting/migrating VSAM data to relational/dimensional SQL distributed databases.
- Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience developing applications using IBM DataStage ETL.
- Experience extracting field references and calculated data from COBOL programs.
- Experience with BMC Control-M workload automation software.
- Experience with GIT version control software.
- Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience with Pension Administration systems.
Technical Ability Mandatory:
- Strong SQL knowledge working with complex queries and stored procedures.
- Proficiency in SSRS reports'' development.
- Strong analytical skills demonstrated by the ability to receive and analyze requirements and propose a suitable solution that adheres to the team''s methodology.
- Ability to work in multiple environments: IBM Mainframe, Windows Server, and SQL Server.
- Proficiency in mainframe applications encompassing COBOL, CICS and DB2.
- Understanding of data structures and their relationship to ETL applications.
- Ability to develop complex SQL data validations based on STTMs and target data Models.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and information-gathering skills along with fundamental technical troubleshooting abilities.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience extracting business rules from the existing legacy code.
- Experience with Data Quality/Profiling tools.
- Experience with Data Warehouses/Data Marts.
- Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
- Prior experience working in a pension system
All full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
Medical, dental, vision health benefits
Life Insurance and AD&D (paid by company)
401k, Flexible and Dependent Care Spending Account plans.
Paid-time Off or Paid Sick Leave (amount dependent on position level and if required by state).