Data Analyst – IT III

JPS Tech Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Tech Solutions in Chicago seeks a seasoned Data Analyst to join our Product Analytics team. You will analyze large datasets to uncover trends, provide actionable insights, and support data-driven decision making across business units.

Responsibilities include creating reliable data pipelines, building dashboards in Power BI and Tableau, and ensuring data quality while communicating complex findings to stakeholders. The role emphasizes independence, initiative, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or a related field.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data insights to different stakeholders
• 5+ years of experience as Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Developer, or a related analytical role
• Willingness to continue to develop/learn new technical skills in support of new tools/methods
• Significant exposure to SQL and relational databases
• High degree of proficiency in data visualization (Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, Excel…)
• Strong analysis, data manipulation, and problem solving skills
• Desire to attack complex data sets
• Ability to work independently and manage several simultaneous efforts with a focus on results
• Experience with Akamai, Quantum Metrics, Google Analytics is a big plus
• Experience in Travel industry a big plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to identify trends and issues that could impact business operations and propose solutions to mitigate risks
• Ensure data integrity by reviewing data for completeness, accuracy, and consistency
• Develop and automate large data sets for the purpose of data mining and analysis – Data mining and analysis for ad hoc projects will include: exploratory data analysis, and data visualization.
• Develop insightful dashboards that management can use to produce informed business decisions
• Understand data and apply available tools to solve evolving business problems

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or a related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Spotfire

Excel

Akamai

Quantum Metrics

Google Analytics

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Data Analyst professional to join our Product Analytics team. The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights to inform business decisions, and ensuring the quality of data analysis. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of data analytics, and data visualization.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze data to identify trends and issues that could impact business operations and propose solutions to mitigate risks
• Ensure data integrity by reviewing data for completeness, accuracy, and consistency
• Develop and automate large data sets for the purpose of data mining and analysis – Data mining and analysis for ad hoc projects will include: exploratory data analysis, and data visualization.
• Develop insightful dashboards that management can use to produce informed business decisions
• Understand data and apply available tools to solve evolving business problems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or a related field
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data insights to different stakeholders
• 5+ years of experience as Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Developer, or a related analytical role
• Willingness to continue to develop/learn new technical skills in support of new tools/methods
• Significant exposure to SQL and relational databases
• High degree of proficiency in data visualization (Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, Excel….)
• Strong analysis, data manipulation, and problem solving skills
• Desire to attack complex data sets
• Ability to work independently and manage several simultaneous efforts with a focus on results
• Experience with Akamai, Quantum Metrics, Google Analytics is a big plus
• Experience in Travel industry a big plus

Top 5 Skill sets

1. Highly analytical and excel at ambiguity
2. Have experience with large and complex datasets – we have 400-500K of customers a day and our operation is complex
3. PowerBI
4. Independent with minimal supervision – self starter
5. We do not get requirements from our users – so this individual will need to be a thought leader and present ideas. This is not a PowerBI developer role.