About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role Overview

Confidential Client is seeking a Databricks-focused Data Analyst with strong Power BI and SQL skills to convert business needs into reliable datasets, semantic models, dashboards, and actionable insights. This is a contract position based in Clayton, NC working closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, product teams, and digital teams in a cloud (Azure/Databricks) environment.

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What You’ll Do

• Work with business stakeholders to clarify reporting, analytics, and data requirements and translate them into deliverables.
• Explore, profile, and validate data from Databricks and other sources to identify quality issues and transformation needs.
• Use Databricks (SQL, notebooks, lakehouse patterns) to access, prepare, and transform data for analytics and reporting.
• Build, maintain, and optimize Power BI dashboards, semantic models, and visualizations for business consumers.
• Develop Power Query transformations and support BI data preparation activities.
• Define required data objects, attributes, data quality rules, and mappings between source systems and reports.
• Support conceptual and technical data modeling for BI and analytics use cases.
• Collaborate in Agile/product mode—contribute to backlog definition, prioritization, and delivery tracking.
• Participate in testing, validation, user acceptance, documentation, and move-to-run activities.
• Produce technical and functional documentation (data models, report specs, dashboard guides) and provide user support.
• Ensure BI solutions are reliable, scalable, well-documented, and aligned with governance and quality standards.

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Preferred / Technical Skills

• Databricks (SQL, notebooks, lakehouse paradigm)
• Power BI, semantic modeling, Power Query
• SQL analytics and data transformation best practices
• Familiarity with Azure data services (Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory)
• Experience with the Power Platform (Power Apps) is a plus
• Exposure to Python or PySpark for analysis is a plus
• Experience with data governance, documentation standards, and production hand-off processes

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Qualifications

• BA / BS degree
• 4+ years of professional Data Analyst experience working with Databricks and enterprise BI tools
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-facing skills
• Proven track record delivering BI solutions from requirements through production

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Compensation & Employment Details

• Employment type: Contract (CONTRACTOR)
• Pay rate: $60.63 per hour (min/max $60.63/hr). Non-exempt positions eligible for overtime per applicable law.
• Location: Clayton, NC (on-site or as required by the engagement)
• Typical benefits for full-time placements (if applicable) may include medical/dental/vision options, HSA-eligible plans, paid time off, 401(k) match, and other benefits—final offer and benefits depend on role type and employment status.

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Working Style & Legal Compliance

• This role will comply with applicable US federal, state, and local employment laws. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities during the hiring process.
• Confidential Client and Careertakes prohibit discrimination and harassment and seek diverse candidates.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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