Principal Data Analyst Cailfornia Remote
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Job Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 85 - 90
Posted on:
22-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join Fortunas team and support a high-impact analytics program where data drives decision-making. As the Principal Data Analyst youll be at the forefront of transforming complex datasets into actionable intelligence. This role provides strategic leadership for enterprise data operations performance measurement and analytics governance-driving accuracy insight and value across the organization.
WORKSITE:
Remote - California
WORK SCHEDULE:
Monday-Friday standard business hours (PST preferred). Flexibility may be required to accommodate cross-functional team collaboration.
PAY RATE:
$85.00 - $90.00 per hour
WHAT WE OFFER:
Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision benefits
401(k) retirement plan eligibility
Paid holidays and sick leave (where applicable)
Remote work flexibility and collaborative team culture
Opportunities to support projects with impact in healthcare technology and government sectors
WHAT YOULL DO:
Lead Data Operations: Oversee aggregation transformation and validation workflows to ensure data accuracy completeness and consistency across analytic environments.
Drive Performance Measurement: Manage the end-to-end calculation review and reconciliation of KPIs and quality measures across multiple domains.
Develop Analytical Frameworks: Design reproducible data models standardized calculation templates and automated reporting pipelines using SQL Python and modern analytics platforms.
Enforce Data Governance: Define and implement validation checkpoints version control and business rules while maintaining audit-ready documentation and data dictionaries.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with business engineering and analytics teams to align on data specifications resolve discrepancies and deliver data products that inform strategy.
Generate Insights: Produce executive dashboards trend reports and variance analyses to identify key performance drivers and improvement opportunities.
Mentor and Lead: Provide technical guidance conduct code reviews and train analysts and engineers to strengthen analytic consistency and capability.
WHAT YOULL BRING:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science Public Health Statistics Computer Science or related field.
12 years of enterprise data analytics reporting or healthcare performance measurement experience.
Advanced proficiency in SQL Python and large-scale data platforms (e.g. AWS Redshift Snowflake Databricks).
Proven expertise in data validation multi-source integration and performance metric development.
Strong communication skills with the ability to present to both executive and technical audiences.
Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
Demonstrated leadership managing teams and complex analytic initiatives.
Experience working in regulated data-intensive healthcare environments.
Fortuna operates as a staffing agency that sources screens and presents potential candidates for employment opportunities on behalf of our clients.
Founded in 2012 by practicing professionals with more than 50 combined years of experience Fortuna is headquartered in McClellan California with offices in Los Angeles and New York and satellite offices in the Philippines and Israel. Fortuna is an active member of multiple California service agreements including CMAS ITMSA (Tier 2) and CalPERS SpringFed Pool as well as multiple municipalities and large corporate vendor pools.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Data Analytics
- Microsoft Access
- SQL
- Power BI
- R
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Data Management
- Data Mining
- SAS
- Data Analysis Skills
- Analytics
About Company
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