Technology Lab is hiring: Data Analyst in Nashville

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Job Title: Data Analyst

Job Status: Exempt/Full-Time

Job Description: The Data Analyst will be responsible for managing data, building dashboards, and ensuring data quality through robust sampling and verification processes. The ideal candidate is experienced in dashboard design and data visualization, with strong skills in data validation, testing, and documentation to ensure accurate and reliable reporting.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal expert in dashboard development to support the company through a growth phase as we integrate multiple sources of data into unified dashboards.
• Work from data sources and user requirements to design and build new dashboards.
• Support best practice dashboard design, visualizations, user management, and documentation.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to create new models, looks, and dashboards.
• Collaborate with developers to create databases and repositories, including proper field documentation and exploration of joins.
• Conduct data profiling, sampling, and validation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of reports and dashboards.
• Implement data verification methods (e.g., reconciliation against source systems, random sampling, anomaly detection) to confirm reliability of business-critical metrics.
• Gain an understanding of the business and data inputs in order to validate report data, provide analysis summaries, and deep dive anomalies/outliers.
• Develop and maintain documentation on data sources, validation methods, and data lineage to support transparency and reproducibility.
• Provide recommendations for improving data quality and processes.
• Have strong ability to interpret data and present to Executive Team and other leaders.

Skills and Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Experience in analytics and/or BI tool support, building dashboards, and validating data.
• Demonstrated experience applying data sampling and validation techniques (e.g., control totals, outlier analysis, reconciliations, statistical sampling).
• Experience in data analytics or related quantitative fields, with an understanding of data manipulation and the relationships between different data sources.
• Strong knowledge of relational database design and data warehousing concepts.
• Knowledge of best practices for dashboard design.
• Industry experience within help desk, managed services, or retail preferred.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, preferably in BigQuery.
• Experience with ETL tools such as DBT.
• Experience with Git or other version control systems preferred.
• Familiarity with QA processes, UAT testing, or statistical methods for ensuring accuracy of analytical outputs.
• Ability to effectively use communication tools to work within a team that works remotely.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to explain data and dashboards to audiences with varied technical skills.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Experience managing project ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies in a structured way.
• Adaptability, flexibility, and willingness to work within changing priorities, including ad hoc requests.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of accountability and attention to detail.

EEO statement: Technology Lab is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting