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Data Analyst/Engineer

Minnesota - Data Consultant

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 2,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

Job Description

Role - Data Analyst/Engineer

Location - Minneapolis - hybrid/2-3 days onsite required


The hourly pay rate range for this position is $51.68–$65.34, dependent on qualifications and experience.


Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.


Position Summary: This position is a part of the Client's Information Systems department. This position will focus on project- prioritized company-wide requests for analyzing data to provide insights and support decision-making, which includes profiling, cleaning, and transforming data; designing and building scalable data models; creating reports and visualizations; working with stakeholders to identify data needs.


An ideal candidate must have experience turning raw data into meaningful insights to help drive business strategies and operations using SQL, Excel, Power BI, Python / PySpark / Synapse Notebooks for data analysis, and visualization tools. Experienced analyst skills like requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement and compliance/security adherence is also a critical part of the position.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Gather, clean, and analyze data received and use from multiple sources, including vendors, internal databases and external APIs.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify data schema, primary keys, data types, methods to identify changed record tracking trends, patterns, and anomalies in the data.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI to visualize key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends in the data.
  • Manage stakeholder and requestor engagement through:
    • Understanding their data needs and provide tailored analytical solutions.
    • Communicating complex data findings in a way that is understandable.
    • Facilitating workshops/training to help make the most of analytics tools.
  • Ensure compliance with data governance policies and regulations, as well as maintain data security and privacy standards.

Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries for data extraction and manipulation.
  • Proficiency in using SSMS for database management.
  • Expertise in using Power BI for data visualization and creating interactive dashboards and reports.
  • Knowledge of Python data analysis, scripting, and automation.
  • Advanced skills in Excel for data analysis and reporting.
  • Familiarity with data warehousing solutions like Azure Synapse Analytics.
  • Demonstrated skills in data cleansing, transformation, and preprocessing.
  • Experience with Azure Data Studio for data analysis, visualization, and SQL Server management.
  • Ability to use Azure Storage Explorer for managing and interacting with Azure Storage accounts, blobs, files, queues, and tables.
  • Familiarity with Azure Synapse Analytics for data warehousing and big data processing.

Benefits + Perks

Comprehensive Benefit Plan

Hollstadt offers a competitive and comprehensive benefit package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Long Term/Short Term Disability, and Life Insurance. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from single to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers free bi-weekly training courses for our consultants as well as on-demand access to past sessions through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects.

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

Bonus Opportunities

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.