Product Testing Analyst
About The Position
Acxiom is seeking a Product Testing Analyst to support data science and analytics work that develops next-generation products. As part of the Data Sciences & Analytics Team, the analyst will work hands-on with innovative technologies to build scalable data products and solutions for Acxiom’s US and global businesses. The role includes evaluating potential data partners, establishing quality control processes, monitoring data refreshes, supporting a multi-sourced consumer packaged goods (CPG) data product, and performing quality assurance before product releases or updates. The position is listed as home-based in Conway, Arkansas.
Requirements
- Working knowledge or experience with one or more of SQL, R, Python, Scala, Spark, or a similar programming language.
- 3–5 years of experience with ETL, data transformation, data mart development, data source ingestion, data pipelining, or data warehousing solutions.
- 3–5 years of experience with cloud computing environments and/or certifications.
- Ability to think critically and translate data into actionable insights for consistently accurate and useful analysis and models.
- Ability to quality-control production processes.
- Ability to develop dashboards or reports for monitoring data performance and consistency.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or related degree program, and 3 years of relevant work experience.
- Ability to work independently when given detailed specifications and instructions.
- Strong collaboration, flexibility, creativity, attention to detail, and time management, with the ability to deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
- Experience working with large datasets.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Nice To Haves
- Databricks data analyst certification.
- Experience with CPG transaction-level data.
- Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
- Experience using statistical modeling techniques for forecasting and other predictive modeling services with R, Python, Scala, Spark, or PySpark.
- Experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake.
Responsibilities
- Research and develop an understanding of Acxiom products, tools, and processes.
- Assist with validation and delivery of products and product improvements.
- Prepare analysis datasets by appending and deduplicating data, loading data into analysis applications, and merging datasets.
- Query data to identify anomalies and conduct quality audits to ensure the accuracy of rules or statistical models.
- Work with engineering, build, delivery, and platform teams to ensure appropriate data delivery and presentation.
- Conduct basic research and analysis, including accuracy reports, cross-tabs, frequencies, data hygiene, correlations, data summaries, and profile reports or data profiles.
- Collaborate with data scientists and team leads to define project requirements, including data sources, algorithms, and implementation.
- Suggest product and process improvements, including automation related to the work area.
- Extract, load, and transform data in preparation for modeling.
- Build and maintain data mart solutions that support scored model outputs.
- Evaluate potential data partners, establish quality control processes, monitor data refreshes, and support the build and pre-release or update QA of a multi-sourced CPG data product.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
