Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Maximus is seeking a Senior Analyst – Data Analytics to support its Federal Student Aid portfolio. The role transforms complex operational data into actionable insights by developing analytical methods, KPIs, scalable data pipelines, and AI-enabled solutions. The analyst will guide stakeholders, support data governance and quality, and build reusable data products to improve program performance and customer outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy advanced methods to analyze operational data and derive meaningful, actionable insights for stakeholders and business development partners
- Function as point of contact for data and analytical usage across multiple projects, and guide operational partners on product performance and solution improvement/maturity options
- Analyze extracted data, identify trends and provide insights and analyses around operations and project data
- Develop and implement new metrics, functions, and scripts as KPIs as needed
- Code to defined requirements to segment populations from large enterprise datasets, verify data accuracy, and output files per specifications
- Create and maintain all documentation including obtaining and collecting artifacts as needed
- Ad hoc tool development to support operational and under served analytical areas
- Learning emerging technologies and systems of need for company initiatives
- Activities to support team communication and strategy implementation (meetings, etc.)
- Project management activities
- Integrate AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics into operational workflows to enable predictive insights, anomaly detection, and intelligent data validation
- Understanding/familiarity with semantic layers/data architecture
- Support modernization of the data ecosystem through development of automated, scalable pipelines and adoption of cloud-based and modern data platform capabilities
- Identify and implement automation and AI-assisted solutions to improve efficiency, reduce manual processes, and accelerate insight generation
- Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate new data sources and contribute to the development of reusable, scalable data products and analytical frameworks
- Apply and promote modern data best practices, including governance, data quality monitoring, and lineage, to ensure reliable and compliant analytics outputs
- Evaluate, prototype, and enable emerging technologies, including AI-driven tools and self-service analytics capabilities, to advance analytics maturity and business accessibility to data
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in related field
- • 5-7 years of relevant professional experience required
- • Equivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree
- • 2 years of experience coding (e.g., SQL, Python) required
- • Working knowledge of Generative AI, AI, or Machine Learning concepts, including understanding their limitations and when to use AI versus deterministic approaches is required
- • General knowledge of scripting and programming is required
- • Demonstrated experience using Generative AI tools (e.g., Copilot or similar) to accelerate work, such as generating or optimizing code/SQL, summarizing data, or drafting reports is required
- • Experience consistently applying sound professional and ethical judgment when using AI, particularly in the context of data governance, data privacy, or regulated data environments is required
- • High School Diploma or GED required
- • Must reside in the U.S
- • Must be a U.S. citizen
- • Sponsorship is not permitted on this project
- • Hardwired internet (ethernet) connection
- • Internet download speed of 25mbps or higher required (you can test this by going to [1] www.speedtest.net)
- • Private work area and adequate power source
Benefits
- This is a remote position.
- Short- and long-term incentives
- Program-specific awards
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- A retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Any travel expenses will be paid for by Maximus.
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