Senior Data Strategy & Analytics Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Austin, TX is seeking a senior data analytics professional to join our data analytics team as a Functional Consultant. You will analyze enterprise data, define data use cases, translate business needs into technical specs, and build AI-assisted dashboards to drive actionable insights.

The role emphasizes governance, data quality, and collaboration with data engineers, product managers, and business SMEs to deliver data-driven solutions with scalable pipelines.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in data analytics, business analysis, or data management.
• Advanced SQL expertise with ability to query and optimize large, complex datasets.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, transformation, and feature engineering (Pandas, NumPy).
• Experience with building dashboards using AI or similar visualization frameworks for data storytelling and dashboards.
• Deep understanding of data architecture, governance, MDM, and data lineage.
• Proven track record in identifying and scoping new data use cases and converting insights into business recommendations.
• Strong analytical thinking, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Basic working knowledge of AI/ML concepts and exposure to AI-assisted tools (e.g., Copilot-style coding assistants, LLM-based chat/analytics tools, or prompt engineering for data tasks) - no deep ML modeling expertise required.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or Hadoop/Spark environments.
• Exposure to data catalog or governance tools (Collibra, Alation).
• Familiarity with D&B data hierarchy, enrichment, or similar reference data systems.

Responsibilities

• Data Analysis & Insight Generation: Perform in-depth analysis of enterprise data to uncover trends, patterns, and correlations.
• Data Use Case Identification: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and define data use cases across functional domains.
• Business-to-Technical Translation: Translate business requirements into technical specifications, analytical models, and deliverables.
• Impact Assessment: Analyze current-state data and infrastructure versus future-state goals; identify data and process gaps; define mitigation strategies.
• Data Profiling & Quality Analysis: Perform deep dives into structured and semi-structured datasets to assess completeness, consistency, and accuracy; work with SMEs to understand data availability and source gaps.
• Data Integration & Transformation: Design and validate data pipelines and transformations; document lineage and dependencies.
• Feature Engineering & Analytics: Use Python and SQL to extract, clean, and engineer data features for analytics and modeling.
• AI-Assisted Analytics: Apply basic AI/ML and LLM-based tools to accelerate data analysis, documentation, and insight generation.
• Reporting & Visualization: Build and maintain insightful dashboards and reports to communicate findings effectively.
• Governance & Documentation: Maintain business glossary, data dictionary, and metadata aligned with governance standards.
• Testing & Validation: Participate in validation of new or transformed data sets to ensure integrity and alignment with business requirements.
• Knowledge Management: Maintain the data dictionary and business glossary for assigned domains, capturing and documenting definitions aligned with business leadership and global teams.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with data engineers, product managers, and business SMEs to align solutions with business objectives.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

AI dashboards

Data governance

Data lineage

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Hadoop/Spark

Collibra

Alation

Git/Bitbucket

JIRA/Confluence

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Austin, TX is seeking a senior data analytics professional to join our data analytics team as a Functional Consultant. You will analyze enterprise data, define data use cases, translate business needs into technical specs, and build AI-assisted dashboards to drive actionable insights.

The role emphasizes governance, data quality, and collaboration with data engineers, product managers, and business SMEs to deliver data-driven solutions with scalable pipelines.