(USA) Senior, Data Analyst
About The Position
Join Walmart as a Senior Data Analyst and leverage your expertise in big data analytics, database query languages, and visual analytics to deliver actionable insights that drive business decisions. This role requires a deep understanding of data ecosystems, quality management, and advanced visualization techniques to support cross-functional teams. You will identify and validate data sources, translate complex business challenges into analytical solutions, and communicate findings effectively to stakeholders. Your contributions will enhance data-driven strategies, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering continuous improvement across multiple business domains. The Decision Sciences team transforms Walmart’s operations by converting data into actionable insights at scale. This team excels in critical thinking and thorough data investigation to support business partners with informed decisions. Members leverage expertise in big data analytics, database query languages, and visual analytics to identify data sources, ensure data quality, and develop clear visual representations. The team collaborates across functions to address complex business challenges, applying advanced analytical methods and maintaining high standards of integrity and excellence to drive continuous improvement and deliver measurable business value. This role is part of the End 2 End Decision Sciences, Store Data & Analytics. We are an analytics team that will support the innovations that impact our stores. You will help our business partners from multiple cross-functional teams answer unclear questions so they can make the best decision in a timely manner. You will be working with operations, product, finance, and executive leadership teams to provide them with the insights they need to drive Walmart forward in times of rapidly changing technologies.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in data analysis
- Proficiency with big data analytics
- Proficiency with database query languages such as SQL and NoSQL
- Strong knowledge of data quality management, including profiling, cleansing, and monitoring to ensure accuracy and reliability
- Expertise in data visualization tools and techniques, with the ability to present complex data clearly using platforms like Tableau or PowerBI
- Ability to translate business requirements into actionable data solutions aligned with strategic objectives
- Familiarity with data governance, storage, scalability, and enterprise data architecture principles
- Proven skills in exploratory data analysis and statistical methods to identify trends and insights
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 2 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field
- Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- 4 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce)
- Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau)
Responsibilities
- Identify and validate data sources
- Translate complex business challenges into analytical solutions
- Communicate findings effectively to stakeholders
- Enhance data-driven strategies, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Foster continuous improvement across multiple business domains
- Support innovations that impact our stores
- Help business partners from multiple cross-functional teams answer unclear questions
- Provide insights to operations, product, finance, and executive leadership teams
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
