Senior Data Analyst

The Azure Edge + Platform Engineering System designs, builds, and operates the largest scale engineering system in the industry. We are building large scale systems by leveraging our experience and knowledge in distributed systems and hybrid cloud computing. Our services support the secure development and release of some of the most widely used products in the world!

The Dependency Management and Secure Solutions team is responsible for iterative security improvements building upon defense in depth in our Windows and Linux engineering systems. Some of the areas include evolving the Windows build infrastructure code and services, ensuring open source is leveraged responsibly throughout these systems, building out recovery workflows for potential critical Azure outage scenarios, and maintaining Linux-based containers used for Azure infrastructure agent development.

We are a diverse, agile team focused on delivering quality cloud based, scalable solutions in a thoughtful and flexible way. As part of this team, you’ll work on the largest scale engineering system in Microsoft, learn in a fast paced, live-site focused environment, and deliver customer value with everything we do. The job provides an opportunity to:

• Impact one of the largest engineering systems in the world, that is critical to producing one of the most widely used operating systems in the world that is critical to the foundation of Azure as well as millions of people worldwide
• Work in a world class engineering team of engineers, data scientists, architects, and leadership that will help you grow your career
• Be part of a dynamic community that will enable you to learn, collaborate, and contribute with the top minds in the industry

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 4+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis
  • OR Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis
  • OR equivalent experience.
    

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis
• OR Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis
• OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software such as Kusto, SQL, Excel, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of data visualization techniques and BI systems such as Tableau, Power BI, Excel, etc.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to deliver the right business impact by working with stakeholders to turn business problems into data analysis questions and unearthing deep insights from data
• Be self-driven and show the ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete data
• Demonstrated communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team

Data Analytics IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $103,800 - $200,300 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,700 - $219,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 30, 2025.

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• Sharing insights and analytical expertise through various means like dashboards, reports, and data visualizations for stakeholders.
• Understanding the relationship between analytical models and business objectives to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Provide support for day-to-day business decision-making.
• Identifying and promoting methods that create efficiency in analytics and reporting.
• Maintaining expertise in data privacy requirements and ethical data handling practices.
• Collaborate with teams and applying a customer and/or stakeholder-oriented focus by understanding and ensuring data meets reporting needs.