Mid Level Data Analyst

Apex Systems; Merrifield (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K with company match

ESPP

HSA

EAP

Career development

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Mid Level Data Analyst to lead remediation of a large data governance backlog. You will identify priority tables, create governance artifacts, and use SQL to profile data and document rules.

Hybrid role based in Merrifield, VA, Winchester, VA, or Pensacola, FL, with potential evolution toward BI focus. Collaboration with governance teams and stakeholders to deliver trusted, reusable data and dashboards in Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience researching, compiling, documenting, and validating data, business processes, and data flows.
• Advanced SQL skills to query large datasets, assess table structures, and investigate data quality issues.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
• Experience creating or maintaining data dictionaries, metadata documentation, source-to-target mappings, or similar governance artifacts.
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts, including metadata management, CDEs, data stewardship, and data quality.
• Working knowledge of data warehousing concepts, database structures, and analytical data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end remediation plan for a large data governance backlog, including intake, prioritization, status tracking, and risk identification.
• Identify and prioritize key tables that require governance artifacts based on usage, business value, and reporting dependency.
• Create, validate, and maintain data dictionaries, source-to-target mappings (STTM), critical data element (CDE) documentation, and related governance artifacts.
• Use SQL to profile, validate, investigate, and document tables, fields, transformations, and business rules.
• Partner with data governance teams to align deliverables with enterprise standards and artifact approval workflows.
• Collaborate with internal analyst teams and subject matter experts to understand business processes and reporting dependencies.
• Translate technical findings into clear updates for stakeholders, including progress summaries, blockers, and recommended next steps.
• Support the democratization of clean, governed tables for broader enterprise use.
• Develop and maintain reporting or dashboard views, preferably in Power BI, to visualize remediation progress.
• Recommend improvements to documentation templates and governance processes to increase efficiency.
• Ensure documentation is business-friendly, technically accurate, and usable by various audiences.
• Contribute to analytics and business intelligence work as the backlog remediation matures.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Stakeholder comms

Project management

Data governance

Data profiling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, CS, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Purview

Job description

Job#: 3045774

Job Description:

Mid Level Data Analyst

Location: Merrifield, VA, Winchester, VA, or Pensacola, FL (Hybrid)

Role Overview

This mid-level Data Analyst will lead the remediation of a large data governance backlog, with a primary focus on identifying priority tables and developing the governance artifacts needed to make those tables understandable, trusted, and reusable. The successful candidate will combine SQL and analytical skills with disciplined project management and stakeholder communication. There may be an opportunity for the role to evolve into a business intelligence-oriented position based on performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end remediation plan for a large data governance backlog, including intake, prioritization, status tracking, and risk identification.
• Identify and prioritize key tables that require governance artifacts based on usage, business value, and reporting dependency.
• Create, validate, and maintain data dictionaries, source-to-target mappings (STTM), critical data element (CDE) documentation, and related governance artifacts.
• Use SQL to profile, validate, investigate, and document tables, fields, transformations, and business rules.
• Partner with data governance teams to align deliverables with enterprise standards and artifact approval workflows.
• Collaborate with internal analyst teams and subject matter experts to understand business processes and reporting dependencies.
• Translate technical findings into clear updates for stakeholders, including progress summaries, blockers, and recommended next steps.
• Support the democratization of clean, governed tables for broader enterprise use.
• Develop and maintain reporting or dashboard views, preferably in Power BI, to visualize remediation progress.
• Recommend improvements to documentation templates and governance processes to increase efficiency.
• Ensure documentation is business-friendly, technically accurate, and usable by various audiences.
• Contribute to analytics and business intelligence work as the backlog remediation matures.

Required Qualifications

• Experience researching, compiling, documenting, and validating data, business processes, and data flows.
• Advanced SQL skills to query large datasets, assess table structures, and investigate data quality issues.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
• Experience creating or maintaining data dictionaries, metadata documentation, source-to-target mappings, or similar governance artifacts.
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts, including metadata management, CDEs, data stewardship, and data quality.
• Working knowledge of data warehousing concepts, database structures, and analytical data pipelines.
• Communication skills to summarize technical findings for both technical and business audiences.
• Experience with project tracking, issue management, status reporting, and documentation quality control.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Power BI experience, including the ability to create dashboards that communicate project status and risk.
• Experience applying data storytelling principles to generate insights from governed data.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview or similar data catalog or governance platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide data governance, reporting, or analytics initiatives.
• Familiarity with semantic models, curated datasets, or self-service BI enablement.
• PMP certification, Agile certification, or commensurate project management experience.
• Advanced degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or a related field.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.