Remote Data Analyst R Programming Jobs in Newark, NJ

Job Requisition ID: 93907

Location Designation: Fully Onsite 

Location: 51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010

Salary Range: $144,400.00 - $171,500.00/year

Duties: Design and implement data pipeline architecture and processes including sourcing, transformation, and extraction to enable seamless analytics integration. Utilize expert-level SQL and Python to manage, query, and transform structured data in relational databases to ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability. Automate and manage robust data pipelines and workflows using software engineering best practices including modular design, version control, and testing frameworks to ensure reliability and repeatability. Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts in alignment with business requirements, ensuring data consistency across analytical workflows. Build and maintain data models that enhance efficiency, performance, and support complex business analytics and reporting needs. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable, scalable data solutions. Leverage cloud platforms including AWS, along with big data frameworks like Redshift, to build and scale secure, high-performance data engineering solutions for large-scale analytics. Develop and enforce standards for development, testing and documentation, including data flow maps to support transparency and maintainability. Conduct comprehensive quality assurance processes including code reviews, test plan development, and rigorous validation to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and reliability. Provide troubleshooting support for data pipelines and workflows, focusing on system performance, data integrity, and availability to meet evolving business analytics demands. Build strong relationships with IT to work on tooling, data strategy, integrations, and deployments. Stay up to date with the latest analytics engineering trends and emerging technologies, and look for opportunities to improve the stack.

Education & Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Analytics or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Data Analyst or Data Engineer supporting data science and analytics through data engineering, pipeline development, and cross-functional collaboration across data, IT, and business teams. Alternatively, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Analytics or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Data Analyst or Data Engineer supporting data science and analytics through data engineering, pipeline development, and cross-functional collaboration across data, IT, and business teams. Specific skills/other requirements - Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): Utilizing advanced-level SQL and Python for querying and managing structured data within relational database systems (RDBMS). Designing and implementing data models to enhance efficiency, performance, and fulfill business analytics requirements. Automating and orchestrating SQL workflows using established software engineering best practices including CI/CD and version control. Developing standards and practices for data and analytics engineering, focusing on scalable architectural data pipeline patterns. Utilizing big data platforms including Redshift for efficient large-scale data processing and analysis. Building and deploying scalable data engineering solutions in cloud environments including AWS using cloud-native tools and services. Conducting comprehensive quality assurance processes including code reviews, test plan development, and rigorous validation to ensure data accuracy. Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 days remote. Eligible for Employee Referral Program. To apply, visit https://jobs.newyorklife.com/ and search job title.

Pay Transparency

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: No 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

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Job Requisition ID: 93907