Data Quality Assurance Analyst

Senior Data Quality Assurance Analyst

• Support the Client's Data Modernization Initiative by ensuring high data quality in public health data systems.

• Develop, implement, and maintain data quality standards, validation processes, and monitoring procedures for state public health datasets.

• Design and execute test plans and test cases to validate data quality, data pipelines, and reporting dashboards based on business and compliance requirements.

• Collaborate with epidemiologists, analytics teams, developers, and program staff to maintain data integrity and resolve data quality issues.

• Monitor key data quality dimensions such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and validity.

• Document and communicate data quality findings to both technical and business stakeholders, providing actionable recommendations.

• Support the development and maintenance of metadata, data dictionaries, and business rules to improve data governance and stewardship.

• Validate data throughout the ingestion process, from staging to analytics, ensuring technical integrity of cloud-based data platforms.

• Participate in data governance activities, including access controls, data lineage, and standardization.

• Assist with system enhancements, onboarding new data sources, and policy-driven changes with robust quality assurance processes.

• Utilize analytic tools (R, Python, SAS), BI/reporting tools (Tableau, Power BI), SQL, and work with cloud platforms (AWS, Snowflake).

• Ensure compliance with state data standards (e.g., HL7), HIPAA, privacy laws, and data use agreements.

Preferred

• Experience in public health data systems, AWS, and Snowflake.

• Certifications in Snowflake and/or business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau).