Senior Data Systems Analyst

Kemper Corporation; Downers Grove (IL); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Tuition Assistance Program

Paid time off

Health, dental, vision plans

Job summary

Kemper is seeking a Data Systems Analyst to validate data quality across enterprise platforms, partnering with data engineers, product owners, and compliance teams. You will design testing strategies, validate data movements, and ensure regulatory compliance in end-to-end workflows.

The role emphasizes independent QA within Data Engineering, with opportunities to mentor junior analysts and influence quality practices across the organization. Hybrid work options are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or related field
• 6+ years in data quality, data warehousing, or related areas
• Experience with data governance, testing, and validation in insurance domain a plus
• Strong SQL, data profiling, reconciliation, and root cause analysis skills
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT, data lineage, and regulatory validation practices

Responsibilities

• Build and validate end-to-end data workflows across data platforms
• Investigate production data incidents and drive remediation actions
• Develop and execute comprehensive data quality testing and validation plans
• Collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Lead testing strategies, risk-based testing, and quality gates for releases
• Support data governance efforts and monitoring via KPIs and scorecards

Skills

Data quality

SQL

Data warehousing

Regulatory compliance

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/CS/Data Analytics

Tools

Snowflake

Oracle/SQL Server

Informatica/IICS

Power BI

Job description

Location(s)

Bloomington, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, Omaha, Nebraska, P&C-Butterfield Road-Downers Grove-IL-AAC, San Antonio, Texas

Details

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Position Summary

Kemper is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Data Systems Analyst to provide independent validation and quality assurance across enterprise data platforms, business processes, and reporting solutions. This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, reliability, and regulatory compliance of critical business data and end-to-end data workflows. The Data Systems Analyst serves as an independent quality function within the Data Engineering organization, partnering closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, data architects, product owners, compliance teams, and operational teams to validate business requirements, identify data quality risks, and ensure enterprise data solutions meet business and regulatory expectations. This individual will independently assess data quality across source systems, transformations, integrations, reporting platforms, and downstream consumers while driving continuous improvement in enterprise data quality practices.

Production Incident and Problem Management

Investigate production data incidents and quality issues. Perform root cause analysis and identify corrective and preventive actions. Partner with engineering and operational teams to prioritize remediation activities. Track recurring issues and recommend long-term quality improvements.

Test Strategy and Quality Assurance

Develop and maintain comprehensive testing strategies for enterprise data platforms and business-critical processes. Create test cases, test scenarios, traceability matrices, and validation documentation. Establish risk-based testing approaches to ensure appropriate coverage of critical business functions. Define quality gates and acceptance criteria for data products and platform releases.

Test Automation and Quality Frameworks

Collaborate with data engineering teams to develop reusable testing assets and automated validation processes. Support implementation of automated testing frameworks for data validation, reconciliation, regression testing, and quality monitoring. Promote quality engineering best practices across the data organization.

Regression and Release Validation

Conduct regression testing across enterprise systems following enhancements, migrations, platform upgrades, and releases. Assess downstream impacts of system and data changes. Validate production deployments and release readiness.

Non-Functional Testing Support

Support performance, scalability, reliability, recoverability, and operational readiness testing. Validate system behavior under expected and peak business workloads. Assess data processing performance and service-level requirements.

End-to-End Data Workflow Testing

Design and execute test plans for complex business and data workflows spanning multiple applications, databases, integrations, and reporting platforms. Validate data movement across source systems, ETL/ELT processes, data warehouses, reporting environments, and downstream consumers. Perform system integration testing, user acceptance testing support, and production validation activities.

Business Requirements Analysis

Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and data engineering teams to clarify and refine requirements. Translate business requirements into testable scenarios and validation criteria. Challenge assumptions and identify requirement gaps, ambiguities, and potential quality risks early in the delivery lifecycle.

Data Quality Governance and Metrics

Develop and monitor data quality KPIs, controls, and scorecards. Support enterprise data quality governance initiatives. Contribute to the establishment of data quality standards, policies, and operating procedures. Drive continuous improvement of data quality management practices.

Independent Business Process Validation

Independently validate critical business processes and supporting data workflows across operational, analytical, and regulatory systems. Evaluate end-to-end business process execution to ensure data integrity, accuracy, completeness, and consistency throughout the data lifecycle. Identify control gaps, data risks, process deficiencies, and opportunities for quality improvement.

Data Quality Analysis and Validation

Perform independent validation of enterprise data assets, reports, dashboards, and regulatory submissions. Conduct data profiling, reconciliation, root cause analysis, and quality assessments across structured and semi-structured data. Validate business rules, transformations, calculations, aggregations, and reporting logic. Analyze data anomalies, trends, and quality metrics to identify potential issues and risks.

Governance, Compliance, and Regulatory Validation

Ensure compliance with enterprise data governance standards, policies, and controls. Validate regulatory, audit, financial, operational, and compliance-related data requirements. Support internal and external audit activities through independent quality assessments and evidence collection. Verify adherence to data lineage, data retention, privacy, and security requirements.

Collaboration and Leadership

Serve as a trusted advisor on data quality and validation practices. Collaborate across business, technology, risk, compliance, and operational teams. Mentor junior analysts and promote quality-focused thinking across the organization. Champion a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field; equivalent work experience considered.
• 6+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Data Quality Analysis Data Warehousing Business Systems Analysis Data Governance Quality Assurance Data Testing Business Process Validation Insurance industry experience (P&C and/or Life Insurance). Experience supporting enterprise data warehouse environments.
• Demonstrated Expertise In Data quality management principles and methodologies End-to-end business process testing Data warehouse validation and reporting verification Data reconciliation and data profiling techniques SQL querying and data analysis Root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies Test planning, test design, and test execution Regression testing and release validation Requirements analysis and requirements traceability Data governance and data stewardship practices Regulatory, compliance, and audit-related data validation Production incident investigation and resolution support Data lineage, metadata, and data quality controls Relational database concepts and data modeling Validation of ETL/ELT processes and enterprise data pipelines.
• Technical Skills Advanced SQL development and data analysis Experience working with Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server, or similar database platforms Familiarity with Informatica, IICS, or enterprise data integration platforms Experience using reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI Experience working with XML, JSON, and API-based integrations Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages for data analysis and automation Experience with Azure, AWS, or cloud-based data platforms.
• Professional Competencies Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities Ability to work independently with minimal supervision Strong documentation and organizational skills High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment Strong intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data quality, observability, or governance tools. Familiarity with CI/CD practices and automated testing frameworks. Experience with DataOps, DevOps, or Agile delivery methodologies. Exposure to large-scale cloud data platforms and distributed data ecosystems. Experience with AI-assisted testing, validation, and data quality monitoring tools. Knowledge of data lineage, metadata management, and master data management concepts. Experience supporting enterprise audit and regulatory compliance initiatives.

Additional Information

The position can be worked hybrid out of a local Kemper office or remotely for a non-local candidate. The range for this position is $89,000 to $148,100. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and Kemper benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.)

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email. Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message, delete it.

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Kemper at a Glance

The Kemper family of companies is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. With approximately $12 billion in assets, Kemper is improving the world of insurance by providing affordable and easy-to-use personalized solutions to individuals, families and businesses through its Kemper Auto and Kemper Life brands. Kemper serves over 4.4 million policies, is represented by approximately 24,100 agents and brokers, and has approximately 7,000 associates dedicated to meeting the ever-changing needs of its customers.

• Alliance United Insurance Company is not rated.
• We value diversity and strive to be an employer of choice.
• An Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V Eligible employees may enjoy benefits such as:
• Qualify for your choice of health and dental plans within your first month.
• Save for your future with robust 401(k) match, Health Spending Accounts and various retirement plans.
• Learn and Grow with our Tuition Assistance Program, paid certifications and continuing education programs.
• Contribute to your community through United Way and volunteer programs.
• Balance your life with generous paid time off and business casual dress.
• Get employee discounts for shopping, dining and travel through Kemper Perks.

Benefits eligibility may vary based on position classification, scheduled hours, work location, temporary or contingent status, independent contractor status, SkillBridge participation, and applicable plan terms.