Data Analyst - Requirements & Data Quality Support

ECS Corporate Services; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 105,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Corporate Services is seeking a Data Analyst to work remotely. The role supports the data team by gathering business requirements, documenting processes, and helping clean and standardize data.

You will bridge business stakeholders and the technical team to ensure accuracy and usability of data. Key duties include requirements gathering, documentation, data cleansing support, and reporting assistance, with a salary range of $105,000–$110,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience with data cleansing techniques (deduplication, standardization, validation).
• Proficiency in Excel and SQL; familiarity with Python is a plus.
• Excellent written communication for clear documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Meet with business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate into actionable requirements.
• Create and maintain documentation of requirements, processes, decisions, and data workflows.
• Identify data quality issues and support cleaning and standardization.
• Act as liaison between business users and technical teams.
• Check cleaned data against requirements to ensure accuracy for reporting.
• Suggest process improvements to prevent recurring data issues.
• Assist with building simple reports or summaries for tracking data quality and project progress.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Data cleansing

Stakeholder communication

Data validation

Process improvement

Reporting support

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

Job description

ECS is seeking a Data Analyst to work remotely. This role supports the broader data team by gathering business requirements, documenting processes and decisions, and helping clean and standardize data. The person in this role acts as a connector between business stakeholders and the technical team, making sure requirements are captured clearly and data is accurate and usable.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements Gathering

Meet with business stakeholders to understand their data needs, pain points, and goals. Translate these conversations into clear, actionable requirements for the data team.

Documentation

Create and maintain clear documentation of requirements, processes, decisions, and data workflows so the whole team has a shared reference.

Data Cleansing Support

Help identify data quality issues - duplicates, missing values, inconsistent formatting - and support the broader team in cleaning and standardizing datasets.

Stakeholder Communication

Act as a liaison between business users and technical teams (Data Scientists, Enterprise Architects, Engineers), making sure both sides understand each other.

Data Validation

Check cleaned and transformed data against business requirements to confirm accuracy before it's used in reporting or architecture work.

Process Improvement

Spot recurring data issues or gaps in documentation, and recommend better processes to prevent them going forward.

Reporting Support

Assist with building simple reports or summaries that help stakeholders and leadership track data quality and project progress.

Salary Range: $105,000 - $110,000

General Description of Benefits

• Strong skills in gathering and documenting business requirements
• Experience with data cleansing techniques (deduplication, standardization, validation)
• Proficiency in Excel and SQL; familiarity with Python is a plus
• Excellent written communication skills for clear documentation
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work well with both business stakeholders and technical teams