Data Analyst

Location/Remote: Hybrid in Atlanta, GA, 30309 (3 days per week onsite).

Employment Type: 18-month Contract (W-2).

Compensation: Up to $51/hour (commensurate with experience)

Benefits: Medical, LTD/STD, HSA/FSA, term life, supplemental health insurance options, 401(k) available for W-2 employees (including family coverage if needed).

This contract Data Analyst role delivers interactive, decision-ready dashboards that help leaders act on reliable data. Success in this role means turning wireframes and business questions into polished Looker experiences, validating metrics end-to-end, and iterating quickly based on stakeholder feedback. You will combine strong SQL-driven analysis with practical front-end skills to ensure dashboards are accurate, usable, and maintainable.

Responsibilities:

Build interactive dashboards and reports in Looker (Core and Studio) using LookML to meet defined reporting and self-service analytics needs.

Translate dashboard wireframes, requirements, and business questions into working visualizations, then refine them through structured stakeholder feedback cycles.

Design clear metric definitions, filter behaviors, drill paths, and documentation to ensure consistent interpretation and long-term maintainability.

Validate dashboard accuracy by reconciling sources to modeled data and dashboard outputs, investigating anomalies, and driving fixes to closure.

Create wireframes and mockups that communicate layout, KPIs, interactions, and user flows to align expectations before build.

Develop and embed visualization components using HTML for internal pages or portals, ensuring consistent presentation and accessibility.

Enhance dashboard interactivity and embedded experiences with JavaScript where needed to improve usability and integration.

Test, release, and support production visualization solutions, including regression checks and post-deployment monitoring of key metrics.

Drive continuous improvement by standardizing dashboard patterns, improving documentation and testing approaches, and reducing rework through reusable components.

Required Skills:

Strong experience building interactive dashboards using Looker (Core and Studio) and LookML.

Strong SQL skills, including writing and tuning queries to support dashboards, data validation, and self-service analysis.

Strong HTML skills for building, embedding, and presenting visualizations in internal environments.

Experience translating wireframes and requirements into working dashboards and iterating through stakeholder feedback cycles.

Ability to design, document, test, and support production visualization solutions with clear definitions and reliable outputs.

Experience assessing data quality and validating accuracy through source-to-dashboard reconciliation and anomaly investigation.

Experience creating dashboard wireframes/mockups that communicate layout, metrics, filters, and interactions.

Working knowledge of JavaScript for enhancing visualization behavior or integrating analytics components.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement in analytics delivery, maintainability, and usability.

Preferred Skills:

Experience working with BigQuery for querying, modeling, or performance optimization.

Hands-on experience extracting and transforming data using SQL, R, or Python to create curated datasets or data marts that drive reporting.

Strong storytelling and visualization design skills, including selecting appropriate chart types and structuring dashboards for clarity and actionability.

Experience building presentation-ready visualizations using tools such as Spotfire, BI platforms, Salesforce reporting, and/or open-source visualization libraries.