Senior Data & Analytics Analyst for DoD Health Systems

Arenatechnologies; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Intrepid, a long-standing defense analytics contractor in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support DHA data initiatives. You will work with SMEs to elicit and translate requirements into technical specs and help validate data products.

You will profile source systems with SQL, define data quality rules, and collaborate with engineers on Databricks pipelines, data dictionaries, and metadata. Strong communication and agile experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field.
• 10+ years of BA/data analysis experience in analytics, reporting, or data integration.
• Strong SQL: complex queries, joins, aggregations, window functions.
• Experience translating requirements into technical data specs.
• Familiarity with Databricks and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document data requirements from SMEs across clinical, operational, financial, and readiness domains.
• Translate business questions into technical data requirements, including source-to-target mappings, business rules, transformation logic, and acceptance criteria.
• Profile source systems directly using SQL to assess data availability, completeness, and fitness for use.
• Define data quality rules and validation criteria with the engineering team, and test datasets.
• Build and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, and metadata artifacts for enterprise catalogs.
• Perform hands-on data analysis and technical validation, including writing transformation queries and supporting Databricks pipelines.
• Support user acceptance testing and verify data products meet user needs before release.
• Write and refine user stories, manage the requirements backlog, and participate in agile ceremonies.
• Bridge Government owners, data stewards, and the delivery team during delivery.
• Escalate data gaps and governance questions with recommended paths.

Skills

SQL

Data profiling

Data validation

Requirements document

Databricks

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder comms

Education

Master’s in Health Informatics

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Job description

Intrepid, a long-standing defense analytics contractor in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support DHA data initiatives. You will work with SMEs to elicit and translate requirements into technical specs and help validate data products.

You will profile source systems with SQL, define data quality rules, and collaborate with engineers on Databricks pipelines, data dictionaries, and metadata. Strong communication and agile experience are essential.