Junior Data & Integration Analyst (Remote)

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Junior Business Analyst (Data & Integration) with a strong data analysis background to support NOAA Fisheries data mapping, interoperability requirements, and compliance documentation on a federal data integration program.

This role bridges data engineering and regulatory compliance, focusing on source-to-target mapping, data quality, interoperability testing, and documentation across the project lifecycle. Remote work is available for this federal program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 0 years of professional experience, or Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience, or an Associate’s degree with 2 years of professional experience, or a high school diploma/equivalent with 4 years of professional experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; all work must be performed within the United States.
• Experience supporting business analysis experience with a focus on data integration or data migration programs.
• Experience with source-to-target data mapping and data quality analysis.
• Familiarity with API integration concepts and interoperability testing requirements.
• Strong analytical and technical documentation skills.
• Experience supporting federal IT programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed source-to-target data mapping analysis for NOAA Fisheries species datasets, documenting field-level transformation rules, data type conversions, and null-handling logic.
• Analyze NOAA Fisheries data quality issues identified during prototype ingestion and document remediation requirements.
• Support the Metadata and Authoritative Source Registry by researching and documenting NOAA Fisheries data source attributes, refresh cadences, and data stewardship contacts.
• Assist in the development and documentation of interoperability testing requirements including API connectivity, data exchange protocols, and metadata alignment test cases.
• Support compliance validation checklist development by documenting validation criteria for species list generation, decision logic, and template content completeness.
• Analyze live consultation feedback from production and document actionable requirements for system updates.
• Support the Prototype Ingest Results Report by documenting NOAA Fisheries data quality issues identified during prototype ingestion, including defect descriptions, root cause analysis, and remediation requirements.
• Assist in the development of training metrics dashboard requirements and reporting specifications.
• Support the compilation of final operational documentation by documenting NOAA Fisheries data refresh procedures.

Skills

Data analysis

Data mapping

Data quality analysis

API concepts

Interoperability testing

Technical documentation

Federal IT programs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associate's degree

High school diploma

Tools

ETL concepts

Data pipelines

Cloud data platforms

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Junior Business Analyst (Data & Integration) with a strong data analysis background to support NOAA Fisheries data mapping, interoperability requirements, and compliance documentation on a federal data integration program.

This role bridges data engineering and regulatory compliance, focusing on source-to-target mapping, data quality, interoperability testing, and documentation across the project lifecycle. Remote work is available for this federal program.