Senior Data Analyst; Databricks - Remote

Description

This role is contingent upon a contract award. At ICF, we combine deep domain expertise with leading‑edge technology to help our clients solve their most complex challenges. We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst (Databricks) to join our growing team, supporting mission‑driven data and analytics modernization programs that deliver measurable impact.

• Position requires that the job be performed in the United States.
• Employee work location may be monitored and limited to U.S. locales; work from foreign locations or VPNs is prohibited.
• May be asked to travel once a quarter to an office.
• Core work hours are 10 am‑4 pm Eastern Time with option to start earlier or work later depending on time zone.

• Perform hands‑on data analysis, profiling, reconciliation, and validation using Databricks, SQL, and modern analytics workflows.
• Validate data quality, data integrity, data transformations, business rules, reports, dashboards, and analytic outputs against requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and execute SQL‑based test queries to support data validation, defect investigation, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Lead the design, implementation, and governance of a robust UAT framework, including UAT plans, test scenarios, test cases, acceptance criteria, traceability matrices, issue logs, readiness assessments, and results reporting.
• Coordinate and facilitate UAT sessions with representative users to validate real‑world workflows, system functionality, usability, and readiness for release.
• Support usability testing by evaluating workflow effectiveness, query performance, dashboard usability, self‑service capabilities, accessibility considerations, and critical end‑to‑end user journeys.
• Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, data engineers, QA/test teams, UX/CX specialists, developers, and client leadership to translate testing outcomes and user feedback into actionable backlog items.
• Document and communicate data quality issues, usability concerns, defects, risks, and recommendations in clear, client‑ready formats for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Support Agile delivery by contributing to enhanced and improved user story development to align with stakeholder feedback, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, demos, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities.
• Maintain requirements, testing artifacts, and traceability in tools such as Jira and Confluence from requirements through test execution, validation, and resolution.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Analyst, Systems Analyst, Quality Analyst, Business Analyst, or related role supporting enterprise data, analytics, reporting, or system validation efforts.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a federal public trust clearance or equivalent client‑required background investigation.
• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years.

• 3+ years of hands‑on SQL experience, including writing complex queries for data analysis, validation, reconciliation, troubleshooting, and testing.
• 1+ years of hands‑on experience with Databricks or a comparable modern cloud data platform supporting analytics, data validation, data engineering, reporting, or testing workflows.
• 1+ years of experience validating enterprise system functionality, data outputs, dashboards, reports, workflows, or acceptance criteria in collaboration with business, technical, QA, or product stakeholders.
• Experience developing and executing UAT plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, traceability matrices, defect logs, and results reports for enterprise systems.
• Experience supporting usability testing, workflow analysis, user research, surveys, user feedback analysis, or other methods used to evaluate whether systems meet real‑world user needs.
• Experience supporting federal data modernization, emergency management, disaster response, public…