Data Analytics Engineer

Systems Planning & Analysis is seeking a Data Analytics Engineer to support the U.S. Army Financial Management Command and its Strategic Initiatives Group. The role supports end-to-end data analytics engineering, including requirements analysis, solution design, data extraction and cleansing, dashboard development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements
• Conduct feasibility studies and provide recommendations for analytics solutions
• Design scalable and maintainable analytics solutions
• Develop technical specifications and data models
• Extract data from source systems (DJMS, IPPS-A, etc.)
• Load the data into Databricks warehouse and clean for analysis
• Build custom datasets for dashboard use
• Create interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI
• Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Deploy solutions to production environments and ensure successful implementation
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for deployed solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Implement enhancements and updates as needed
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for all developed solutions, to include business requirements, technical specifications, architecture diagrams and design documents, and deployment/implementation plans
• Provide user guides and training materials for end-users

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field
• 3-10 years of relevant work experience
• 3+ years of experience in Power Platform development (Apps, Automate, BI)
• 3+ years of experience with SQL
• 3+ years of experience with Python
• Databricks (Data Intelligence Platforms)
• Army Vantage
• Data cleansing, data prep, and data translation
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to handle delegated tasks and development
• Active Secret security clearance
• Experience supporting DoD stakeholders and leadership