DATA ANALYST

Arizona Department of Administration • Phoenix, AZ

12d • $56,098 - $75,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) is committed to advancing Arizona's workforce and fostering opportunities for well-paying jobs. OEO serves as the State's workforce planning coordinator, conducts economic and demographic research, and provides employment and demographic analysis. OEO also supports the Arizona Finance Authority (AFA), ensuring streamlined financing for businesses, community infrastructure, and first-time home buyers. The Data Operations Analyst (Program Training Specialist) supports the intake, validation, and processing of partner data into the Integrated Data System (IDS). This role serves as a key liaison between the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) and external data partners, ensuring timely, accurate data submissions and maintaining the integrity of the state's workforce and education data infrastructure. The Analyst leads inbound data processing, including coordination with data providers, data quality checks, and troubleshooting file issues. The role works closely with technical staff to ensure datasets are properly formatted, documented, and integrated for downstream analysis. The position also supports data governance and operational workflows by maintaining data inventories and dictionaries, documenting data sources and transformations, coordinating data refresh schedules, and tracking reporting deadlines. In addition, the Analyst prepares supporting materials for analytic products, including narrative summaries, metadata, and appendices for reports and dashboards, ensuring outputs are transparent and reproducible. This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures. The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year experience performing analytic work.
• Knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform and products
• Knowledge of Data validation, cleaning, and reconciliation techniques
• Knowledge of Descriptive statistics and cohort analysis
• Skill in Attention to detail
• Skill in Organizational and documentation
• Skill in Written and oral communication
• Ability to manage multiple datasets and meet reporting deadlines
• Ability to collaborate with others, present analytic concepts and findings to internal teams and data partners
• Ability to use data management software including SQL and Python for cleaning, validation and analysis

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Public Policy, Education Research, or related quantitative field required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with external data partners to facilitate timely and accurate data submissions to the Integrated Data System (IDS).
• Lead intake and processing of inbound datasets, including file validation, formatting, and ingestion into the data environment.
• Perform data quality assurance checks to ensure completeness, consistency, and accuracy of partner-submitted data.
• Troubleshoot data issues in collaboration with partners and internal technical staff, resolving discrepancies and improving data reliability.
• Maintain and update data inventories, data dictionaries, and documentation of data sources and transformations.
• Serve as a liaison between OEO, technical teams, and data partners to support effective communication and data standardization.
• Prepare supporting materials for analytic outputs, including metadata, narrative summaries, and documentation for reports and dashboards.
• Support continuous improvement of data workflows and processes to enhance efficiency, standardization, and data usability.
• Other duties as assigned as related to the position

Benefits

• Sick leave
• Retirement plan
• Health and dental insurance
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
• Paid Parental Leave program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level