Database Analyst at Delan Associates, Inc

Delan Associates, Inc; Florida; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Delan Associates, Inc. in Palm Beach Gardens, FL is seeking a Database Analyst / Data Quality & Requirements Specialist (SQL + Excel) for a full-time, on-site role. You will manage PostgreSQL databases, write efficient queries, and build Excel-based audit tools to ensure data accuracy and reliability.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on database skills with a business analyst mindset, translating needs into data logic and validating results end-to-end with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL experience, including PostgreSQL.
• Relational database fundamentals: keys, constraints, normalization.
• Experience managing, updating, and auditing datasets.
• Advanced Excel skills: pivots, filters, lookups, data validation.
• Experience performing data audits with documented findings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, update, and audit relational databases (PostgreSQL), ensuring accuracy, consistency, and traceability.
• Write and optimize SQL queries, including multi-table joins, aggregations, and validation checks.
• Perform data quality checks, reconcile discrepancies, and document root causes and fixes.
• Build and maintain Excel-based audit tools (pivots, lookups, Power Query as applicable) for reporting and verification.
• Partner with internal users to gather requirements, challenge unclear requests, and translate business needs into data definitions and logic.
• Create and maintain documentation: table definitions, field mappings, audit results, and change logs.
• Support process improvements and controls around data updates, permissions, and governance.

Skills

SQL

PostgreSQL

Data quality

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Business analyst mindset

Data governance

Problem solving

Tools

Power Query

XLOOKUP

VLOOKUP

Job description

Database Analyst / Data Quality & Requirements Specialist (SQL + Excel) at Delan Associates, Inc in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

We're looking for a database-focused analyst with strong SQL (PostgreSQL) skills and a sharp eye for detail. This person is naturally curious, asks "why?" before "how?", and isn't afraid to challenge assumptions to protect data integrity and improve processes.

You'll manage, update, and audit databases, partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, and help ensure our data is accurate, reliable, and usable. This is a great fit for someone who blends hands-on database skills with a business analyst mindset - someone who can independently clarify needs, translate them into data logic, and validate results end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain, update, and audit relational databases (PostgreSQL), ensuring accuracy, consistency, and traceability.
• Write and optimize SQL queries, including multi-table joins, aggregations, and validation checks.
• Perform data quality checks, reconcile discrepancies, and document root causes and fixes.
• Build and maintain Excel-based audit tools (pivots, lookups, Power Query as applicable) for reporting and verification.
• Partner with internal users to gather requirements, challenge unclear requests, and translate business needs into data definitions and logic.
• Create and maintain documentation: table definitions, field mappings, audit results, and change logs.
• Support process improvements and controls around data updates, permissions, and governance.

Required Qualifications

• Strong SQL experience, including PostgreSQL (or equivalent with ability to ramp quickly).
• Solid understanding of relational database fundamentals (keys, constraints, normalization concepts, data integrity).
• Demonstrated experience managing, updating, and auditing datasets/databases.
• Advanced Excel skills (filters, pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, data validation; Power Query is a plus).
• Demonstrated experience performing data audits and documenting findings, remediation steps, and outcomes (repeatable + traceable work).
• Comfortable owning ambiguous requests and independently questioning stakeholders to gather requirements and confirms data definitions before building.
• Can explain logic and assumptions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Shows critical thinking, asks "why," identifies risks and edge cases, and proposes better approaches rather than executing blindly.
• Proven ability to investigate inconsistencies, ask probing questions, and validate assumptions.
• Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable working directly with stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Mechanical or engineering background/familiarity (or experience supporting engineering/asset-heavy environments).
• Familiarity with AVEVA PI (PI System / PI Data Archive / PI Vision) or time-series data concepts.
• Familiarity with IBM Maximo (asset management / work orders / equipment hierarchies).
• Familiarity with AWS (RDS, S3, Athena/Glue, IAM concepts, basic cloud data patterns).
• Experience acting as a BA: independently gathering requirements, defining acceptance criteria, mapping data sources to outputs.
• Familiarity with tools like Quest (e.g., Toad) or data access/auditing tools.