Position:Data Analyst

Location:Urbana, MD

Duration:Long Term Contract

JobDescription:

Theclient is seeking a Data Analyst II to coordinate changes to computerdatabases, test, and implement the database applying knowledge of databasemanagement systems. The initial focus will be on Systems integration testing.

JobResponsibilities:

• Work with senior management, technical and client teams in order to determine data requirements, business data implementation approaches, best practices for advanced data manipulation, storage and analysis strategies
• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions
• Design, implement, automate and maintain large scale enterprise data ETL processes
• Modify existing databases and database management systems and/or direct programmers and analysts to make changes
• Test programs or databases, correct errors and make necessary modifications

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• 8-10 years applicable experience required
• Experience with database technologies
• Knowledge of the ETL process
• Knowledge of at least one scripting language
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Desire to be working with data and helping businesses make better data driven decisions.
• Knowledge of automated job control system(Autosys) to execute data load jobs
• Understand the test cases /scenarios/ design
• Create test cases for complex modules based on the defined test strategy for the assigned modules
• Exposure to Database testing using DB2, Oracle and other relational Databases.
• Good in SQL and understanding transformations and converting them to SQL queries for data validations
• Nice to have UNIX knowledge and Automation skills