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Our client is seeking a dedicated Sr Data Analyst to join their dynamic team. This role is an 11-month contract position, requiring successful candidates to complete a background check and drug screen upon offer acceptance.
As a Sr Data Analyst, you will be part of a team of around 25 developers, both onshore and offshore, working on developing and maintaining finance and accounting data processing and reporting applications. The team primarily utilizes SAS, Python, and SQL skills for relational databases including Snowflake, Oracle, Teradata, and SQL Server.
Key Responsibilities:
Ideal Candidate Background:
Preferred Skills:
Our client values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
PandoLogic. Keywords: Data Analyst, Location: Hopkins, MN - 55305
As a Sr Data Analyst, you will be part of a team of around 25 developers, both onshore and offshore, working on developing and maintaining finance and accounting data processing and reporting applications. The team primarily utilizes SAS, Python, and SQL skills for relational databases including Snowflake, Oracle, Teradata, and SQL Server.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the design, development, testing, and deployment of data analytics programs and processes.
- Collect, interpret, and aggregate data from various sources to support programs and applications.
- Understand data requirements and business needs to develop data tools such as dashboards and data visualizations using SAS and PowerBI.
- Use business intelligence, data visualization, query, analytic and statistical software to build solutions, perform analysis, and interpret data.
- Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
- Recognize problems and make recommendations for solutions.
- Interact with business users and analyze and address/resolve issues brought up by them.
Ideal Candidate Background:
- 5 years of experience as a programmer using SAS including SAS Data Step, Proc SQL, and SAS/Macros.
- 5 years of data analysis experience - ability to work with large volumes of data, disparate relational database and familiarity with various database technologies.
- 5 years of experience with developing/writing SQL queries.
- Ability to understand and support modern large-scale data pipelines to support data integration for reporting & analytics and machine learning features.
- Progressive work experience in a data analytics or related role.
- Demonstrated analytical, and business acumen.
Preferred Skills:
- Advance SAS programming certification.
- Experience in developing applications using Python and PySpark.
- ETL/ELT experience with Apache Spark, Databricks and Snowflake SQL.
- Big Data - Hadoop/Hive and Hadoop/Spark experience.
- Health Care experience.
Our client values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
PandoLogic. Keywords: Data Analyst, Location: Hopkins, MN - 55305
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