Sr Data Analyst (Remote)

Cedent; United States; Remote; USD 55,104 - 82,656; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Job summary

A healthcare technology firm is seeking a Data QA Analyst for a 100% remote position focused on ensuring data quality within healthcare systems. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data profiling, root-cause analysis, and a strong background in healthcare IT. Responsibilities include managing data quality documentation, performing root-cause analysis, and collaborating within Agile teams. Compensation ranges from $40 to $60 per hour. Health, dental, and vision insurance are included in the benefits package.

Qualifications

• Expert in data profiling and root-cause analysis for data quality.
• Proven experience in big-data and analytics platforms.
• Comfortable with automation and DevOps tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage data quality documentation and standards.
• Identify and document data issues and gaps.
• Ensure integrity through quality assurance practices.
• Perform root-cause analysis on data issues.

Skills

Data Quality and Controls implementation

Testing data transformation

Test automation

Azure DevOps integration

Healthcare IT experience

Advanced SQL knowledge

Root-cause analysis

Python development

API testing automation

Tools

Azure Databricks

ETL tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Job description

Data QA Analyst - 100% Remote (EST Hours)

The client is looking for a Data QA Analyst to join the Data Partnership team at a large North Carolina healthcare system. To be successful, the candidate should be an expert in data profiling, root‑cause analysis, and creating strategies to ensure the quality of data delivered through big‑data and analytics platforms. The QA analyst will deliver solutions focused on state‑of‑the‑art data and analytics tools, including traditional and near real‑time data warehousing, big‑data, relational and document‑based databases, ELT toolsets, REST APIs and FHIR. The ideal candidate is comfortable with data‑science platforms and has proven experience leveraging DevOps and test‑automation tools.

Must Have Skills

• Experience with implementing and measuring Data Quality and Controls
• Testing of data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependencies, and workload management
• Test automation and Azure DevOps integration
• Extensive experience in Healthcare IT (clinical)
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience with a variety of RDBMSs
• Root‑cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer business questions and identify improvement opportunities
• Familiarity with Python development
• API testing automation experience

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

• Azure Databricks experience
• Experience with predictive modeling methods
• Knowledge of open‑source software solutions and the open‑source business model
• Understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Working experience with the FHIR specification implementation

Responsibilities

• Manage data quality documentation; define and maintain data standards, definitions, and models
• Identify incorrect data, documenting issues, patterns, and gaps in the data and/or systems
• Provide accurate interpretation of data, applying knowledge for evaluation, analysis, and interpretation
• Ensure data integrity by implementing quality assurance practices
• Perform root‑cause analysis on data issues and recommend data quality controls to resolve gaps/issues
• Provide quality assurance oversight of data flows and APIs
• Contribute to agile story refinement and estimation
• Develop and execute test cases during sprints to verify that APIs and data pipelines meet acceptance criteria (Data Engineering Scrum Team)
• Collaborate with the Scrum Team and DevOps to automate test cases for CI/CD pipelines
• Work with relational and NoSQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, CosmosDB in Azure)
• Use data pipeline, workflow management, and ETL tools such as Azure Data Factory and Synapse Pipelines
• Apply the FHIR standard for healthcare data exchange
• Handle stream‑processing systems such as NextGen Mirth or Spark‑Streaming
• Write object‑oriented or function scripting (Python or Java)
• Test RESTful APIs and web applications
• Utilize cloud‑based analytics platforms such as Azure Synapse

Compensation

Hourly Rate: $40–$60 per hour

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Application Deadline

Applications accepted until October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM CST

We are an Equal Pay Employer. All employment decisions, including compensation, benefits, hiring, training, and promotions, are made based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to ensuring equal pay for equal work and regularly review our compensation practices to promote fairness, equity, and transparency across our organization.

This is a contract position.