Data Analyst II

VERISIGN; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisign in Reston, VA seeks a Data Analyst II to join the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team. You will analyze trends in domain name usage and channel distribution to provide insights for decision-makers.

The role emphasizes data quality, visualization, and collaboration with marketing, product management, finance, and platform engineering. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel/SQL skills and ETL experience with large-scale data platforms.

Qualifications

• 4 years of progressively responsible, related business and/or data analysis experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Data Analytics or Business, or equivalent work experience, is required.
• Strong Excel and SQL skills required, with hands-on experience with data visualization tooling (such as Tableau or related tools).
• Strong analytic skills and the ability to share insights with peers.
• Demonstrable planning and organization skills.
• Experience performing data ETL, including designing data collection methods, data models, and transformation processes for relational databases (Oracle/SQL) and distributed data systems (such as Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark with scripting languages like Python).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate extensive datasets leveraging large-scale data analysis platforms to explain how end users are utilizing domain names.
• Create specifications for data acquisition to support exploration of emerging technologies impacting the global DNS.
• Develop and maintain manual and automated processes to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Research trends to support briefings, presentations, and reporting on business performance and progress relative to plans.
• Support the formation of recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on capturing relevant business metrics.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Data visualization

Analytical skills

Planning & organization

ETL processes

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics or Business, or equivalent work experience

Tools

Tableau

Python

Snowflake

Hadoop

Spark

Oracle SQL

Job description

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

The Data Analyst II, as a member of the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team, analyzes and helps solve complex business problems using data and available resources to provide insight to decision-makers. In this role, you will analyze trends in domain name usage, digital service activation and channel distribution dynamics.

The role requires consistent communication across teams -- including marketing, account management, product management, finance, and platform engineering -- to translate between technical and behavior trends and end-user demand characteristics. Your work on the team will involve studying data trends and patterns to derive insights that support data-driven presentations with creative visualizations highlighting key trends.

An ideal candidate cares deeply about data quality, visualization, business impact, and understanding global DNS or the broader web hosting ecosystem.

Summary of key responsibilities:

• Evaluate extensive datasets leveraging large-scale data analysis platforms to explain how end users are utilizing domain names
• Create specifications for data acquisition to support exploration of emerging technologies impacting the global DNS.
• Develop and maintain manual and automated processes to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Research trends to support briefings, presentations, and reporting on business performance and progress relative to plans.
• Support the formation of recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on capturing relevant business metrics.

Qualifications:

• 4 years of progressively responsible, related business and/or data analysis experience
• Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Data Analytics or Business, or equivalent work experience, is required
• Strong Excel and SQL skills required, with hands-on experience with data visualization tooling (such as Tableau or related tools)
• Strong analytic skills and the ability to share insights with peers
• Demonstrable planning and organization skills
• Experience performing data ETL, including designing data collection methods, data models, and transformation processes for relational databases (Oracle/SQL) and distributed data systems (such as Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark with scripting languages like Python)

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $89,900 - $121,700.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $89,900 - $121,700.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.

Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.