Overview
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Contract - Independent
Skills
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do n
Job Details
Client Name: City of New York
Start Date: July 21, 2025
End Date: July 19, 2026
Contract Length (in weeks):52 weeks
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The clients Office of Data Analytics works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively. This work takes three main forms: analyzing data to improve City agency operations; making Open Data more accessible to all New Yorkers; and advancing citywide data infrastructure, integration, and sharing.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The clients Office of Data Analytics works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively. This work takes three main forms: analyzing data to improve City agency operations; making Open Data more accessible to all New Yorkers; and advancing citywide data infrastructure, integration, and sharing.
The client seeks a Senior Data Analyst role to manage data governance and strategy for its master data management (MDM) platform. MDM platform supports entity resolution and data record linkage of businesses and organizations from multiple City IT systems.
TASKS:
TASKS:
- Profile and analyze undocumented data sources to identify overlaps, gaps, and integration opportunities.
- Develop golden record strategies to merge duplicate entities into a single verifiable record.
- Work with stakeholders to develop data standards that will conform disparate data fields to a uniform set of values for public use.
- Define and maintain data governance plans to ensure continuous data quality and consistency.
- Serve as the project lead in cross-division project planning and scheduling.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings to gather, document, and refine business and data requirements.
- Develop and manage data dictionaries and metadata to support transparency and interoperability.
- Collaborate with technical teams to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and data specifications.
- Monitor data quality metrics and contribute to issue resolution workflows to improve the reliability of shared data assets.
- Develop data analyses, reports and dashboards that help communicate data metrics to a diverse audience.
- Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.
Requirements
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered.
TASKS:
- 8+ years of experience of data query and analysis using SQL, Python or R.
- Direct experience working with government agencies to profile undocumented data sources.
- Direct experience managing data or requirements for master data management (MDM) solutions involving the entity resolution of people, organizations or locations.
- Understanding of key MDM concepts and use cases within the public sector.
- Strong knowledge of data governance principles and best practices, including data quality, stewardship, and metadata management.
- Business analysis expertise, including requirements gathering, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement.
- Knowledge and experience managing large public sector data integration projects.
- Familiarity with federal, state and local data privacy laws.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to bridge business and technical perspectives.
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Experience working in or with public sector organizations, especially in a data management capacity.
- Experience working with data or systems within with New York City agencies.
- Knowledge of enterprise data architecture concepts and integration patterns (e.g., APIs, ETL pipelines).
- Hands-on experience with data governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.
- Understanding of Agile project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Exposure to data ethics frameworks and responsible data use practices.
- CDMP or IIBA certification
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