Databricks Data Analyst

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Clayton (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Databricks Data Analyst in Clayton, NC to transform business needs into reliable datasets and Power BI dashboards. You will work with stakeholders, data engineers, and product teams in a cloud-first Azure environment.

The ideal candidate has strong Databricks and Power BI experience, plus familiarity with Azure Data Lake and Data Factory. This contract role runs for 6 months with potential extension and requires excellent analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Databricks experience with SQL analytics required.
• Strong Power BI and Power Query skills.
• Familiarity with Azure data services and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting and analytics needs.
• Explore data to identify insights, quality gaps, and transformation needs.
• Use Databricks to access, analyze, and transform datasets for reporting.
• Build and optimize Power BI dashboards, reports, and semantic models.
• Develop Power Query transformations for data preparation.
• Define data objects, attributes, and data quality rules.
• Support data modeling for BI and analytics use cases.
• Contribute to backlog, prioritization, and delivery in Agile/product mode.
• Work with engineers, analysts, product owners to deliver BI solutions.
• Participate in testing, validation, documentation, and deployment activities.
• Prepare data models, report specs, and dashboard guides.

Skills

Databricks SQL

SQL analytics

Power BI

Power Query

Azure Data Lake

Azure Data Factory

Power Platform

Power Apps

Python / PySpark

Education

BA degree w/4+ years Data Analyst experience w/Databricks

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Azure

Job description

Title: Databricks Data Analyst

Location: Clayton, NC 27527

Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension)

Job Description:

We are looking for a Databricks Data Analyst with strong Power BI skills to support data-driven business initiatives by transforming business needs into reliable datasets, dashboards, reports, and analytical insights.The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, digital teams, data engineers, and product teams to understand requirements, explore data, define data needs, build transformations, and create high-quality Power BI dashboards using data from cloud and Databricks-based environments.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills, hands-on experience with Databricks, Power BI, Power Query, and a good understanding of modern cloud data platforms, especially in a Microsoft Azure environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders to understand, clarify, and formalize reporting, analytics, and data requirements.
• Explore data from technical and functional perspectives to identify useful insights, quality gaps, and transformation needs.
• Use Databricks to access, analyze, prepare, and transform datasets for reporting and analytical use cases.
• Build, maintain, and optimize Power BI dashboards, reports, semantic models, and visualizations.
• Develop Power Query transformations and support data preparation activities for BI solutions.
• Define required data objects, attributes, data quality rules, and functional mapping between source data and reporting outputs.
• Support conceptual and technical data modeling for BI and analytics use cases.
• Contribute to backlog definition, prioritization, and delivery tracking in Agile/product mode.
• Collaborate with data engineers, business analysts, product owners, and technical teams to deliver end-to-end BI solutions.
• Participate in testing, validation, user acceptance, documentation, and move-to-run activities.
• Prepare technical and functional documentation, including data models, report specifications, and dashboard guides.
• Provide technical assistance to project teams and business users.
• Ensure BI solutions are reliable, well-documented, scalable, and aligned with governance and quality standards.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Databricks SQL, SQL analytics, notebooks, or lakehouse environments.
• Knowledge of Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, or other Azure data services.
• Experience with Power Platform, especially Power Apps.
• Exposure to Python or PySpark for data analysis is a plus.
• Experience with data governance, GDPR, documentation standards, and move-to-run processes.
• Experience delivering BI solutions from initial business need through production deployment.

Qualifications

• BA degree w/4+ years Data Analyst experience w/Databricks