Sr Business Intelligence Data Analyst Irvine, CA Hybrid Posted

About the Job

Taco Bell is looking for a Sr. Business Intelligence Analyst (role
1) to join our collaborative and innovative Data Analytics Team. The primary responsibility is to design and develop dashboards, visualizations, metrics, and reports for various business and field users across the entire company to help them derive insights for optimal business decisions. The ideal candidate has a strong background in data analysis, business intelligence, and reporting and will work closely with multiple departments to support data‑driven decision making.

• Data Analysis and Reporting:
  Analyze complex, high‑volume data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights. Develop and maintain semantic models, dashboards, and reports to support business operations and strategic initiatives using Microsoft Fabric end‑to‑end analytics platform and Snowflake.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with cross‑functional teams—including marketing, finance, and operations—as well as stakeholders and vendors to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights and data products.
• Data Management:
  Ensure data accuracy and integrity by implementing and maintaining data quality standards. Manage and optimize data storage and retrieval processes. Create and maintain enhanced SQL queries for report data validation and performance optimization.
• Decision Making:
  Demonstrate sound judgment and a deep understanding of end‑to‑end data ingestion and processing for reporting and visualization.
• Autonomy:
  Work independently on complex assignments with minimal guidance, leveraging end‑user relationships to drive outcomes.
• Engagement:
  Participate in initiatives that increase visibility within the technology leadership team.
• Delivery:
  Work closely with the reliability team to define change management processes for Power BI migrations and assist during production deployments for report and visualization migrations.

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, statistics, math, or a related field. A master’s degree and Power BI certification are a plus.

8+ years of industry experience in a business intelligence data analyst and report developer role.

5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, developing, and maintaining data visualizations using BI analytics tools, specifically Power

BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake.

5+ years of proven experience designing and developing physical and logical data models to support complex data visualizations.

5+ years of experience writing complex SQL queries across high‑volume data sets. Highly proficient in SQL optimization techniques and Postgre

SQL database systems.

Familiarity working with lake houses, data warehouses, relational databases, and data modeling techniques.

Experience embedding data visualizations in external and internal applications.

Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills; able to work independently as part of a team.

Be a flexible, adaptive learner, go‑to expert in the discipline, and keep up with a fast‑changing business model.

Willingness to build meaningful relationships with all stakeholders and enthusiasm for solving business problems using data visualizations.

Recommend optimal data visualization solutions and eager to collaborate with reporting authors and consumers.

Demonstrate time management, teamwork, and prioritization skills.

Relevant industry experience in retail/QSR is a plus.

Excellent facilitation, oral and written communication, and presentation skills to explain information to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Exposure and entry‑level experience in the AWS cloud platform and Snowflake are a plus.

High‑level knowledge of data engineering concepts and processes.

Hands‑on experience using AI‑powered tools in day‑to‑day analytics.

• Hybrid work schedule (onsite expectation Tues, Wed, Thurs) and year‑round flex day Friday.
• Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons.
• Onsite dining center and game room (yes, there is a Taco Bell inside the building).
• Onsite dry cleaning, laundry services, carwash.
• Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions.
• Up to 4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays and time off for…