Principal Data Analyst — Data Innovation & Insights Leader

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Total well-being programs

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Principal Data Analyst to innovate and maintain data solutions across BI, data management, and governance. You will translate business needs into analytics, dashboards, and scalable data tools, working with AWS and data warehouses to deliver insights.

The role emphasizes collaboration with tech teams and business units to improve data quality and governance while driving strategic data initiatives. This position is based in McLean, VA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (STEM/Analytics) plus data analytics experience.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, R, Spark, SQL) and BI tools.
• Experience with data in warehouses/SQL and unstructured data; AWS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Innovate with data solutions and self-service data capabilities.
• Partner with the business to design dashboards and metrics for insights.
• Ensure data quality, metadata, lineage, and governance in collaboration with Tech teams.

Skills

Python/R/Spark/SQL

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in STEM/Analytics

Tools

AWS

Data Warehouses/SQL

Job description

Capital One seeks a Principal Data Analyst to innovate and maintain data solutions across BI, data management, and governance. You will translate business needs into analytics, dashboards, and scalable data tools, working with AWS and data warehouses to deliver insights.

The role emphasizes collaboration with tech teams and business units to improve data quality and governance while driving strategic data initiatives. This position is based in McLean, VA.