Data Analyst
- Employer
- Target
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Start date
- Aug 16, 2019
- Closing date
- Sep 11, 2019
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- Category
- Retail / Wholesale
- Employment Status
- Full Time
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Description:
Primary Function:
Our analysts are expected to explore data, technologies, and the application of mathematical techniques to derive business insights. Analysts spend about 50% of their time delivering insightful metrics, reports, and analysis through various technical approaches. As a part of this team, our analysts' main goal is to answer questions from the enterprise as fast as possible. This position will develop a broad domain knowledge as they connect with many businesses and agile teams across Data Sciences. This team plays a critical role in making Target's data discoverable and connecting business users to our data assets.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Job Requirements:
Desired Requirements:
Programming:
Math and/or Statistics:
Testing and Research Design:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.
Qualifications:
Primary Function:
Our analysts are expected to explore data, technologies, and the application of mathematical techniques to derive business insights. Analysts spend about 50% of their time delivering insightful metrics, reports, and analysis through various technical approaches. As a part of this team, our analysts' main goal is to answer questions from the enterprise as fast as possible. This position will develop a broad domain knowledge as they connect with many businesses and agile teams across Data Sciences. This team plays a critical role in making Target's data discoverable and connecting business users to our data assets.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Actively exploring data and sourcing for specific use cases
- Joining and creating measurable insights from the data to be shared
- Developing metrics, reports, and statistics
- Documenting calculations, code, and adhering to data management principles
- Validating and testing data assets of others in the form of peer review
- Exploring statistical analysis that could be applied to the data
- Performing descriptive statistics including mean, variance, median, correlation
- Applies insights and testing in partnership with business users
- Active participant in team meetings
- Support agile ceremonies
Job Requirements:
- BA/BS or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years total work experience
- Strong SQL experience
- Strong attention to detail, excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, service orientation and strong relationship building skills
- Competent and curious to ask questions and learn to fill gaps, desire to teach and learn
- Working knowledge of structured (i.e. Teradata, Oracle, Hive) and unstructured databases including Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
- Advanced proficiency in at least 1 visualization tool (i.e. Tableau, Domo, Power BI) with ability to learn additional visualizations tools
- Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
Desired Requirements:
Programming:
- R, Python, Spark
Math and/or Statistics:
- Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
- Calculus (weighted averages, rates of change, single variable)
Testing and Research Design:
- Apply the scientific method and experimental design
- Generate insight from observational data
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.
Qualifications:
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