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Principal Data Analyst - Card

at Discover Financial Services

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $131K – $149K USD / year Posted March 31, 2026
Salary $131K – $149K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 3-5 years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

Senior data analytics role focused on card product analytics; build and maintain data solutions, dashboards, and governance; partner with business units to translate needs into insights and ensure data quality.

  • Build and maintain data solutions
  • Partner with business to design metrics and dashboards
  • Drive analysis to provide business insights
  • Ensure data quality through governance and lineage
  • Collaborate with Tech on data access governance and security

Stack includes Python, R, Spark, SQL, and AWS; emphasis on data warehouses, unstructured data handling, and data governance with metadata and lineage tracking.

The ideal candidate is a senior data analytics professional with 3+ years in data analytics (or 5+ with a Bachelor's) and hands-on experience in Python, R, Spark, SQL, and AWS. They should excel at translating business needs into data-driven insights, be comfortable partnering with cross-functional teams, and have a strong foundation in data governance and data quality for financial services.

Bachelor's Degree plus at least 5 years of experience in data analyticsor Master's Degree plus at least 3 years in data analyticsor PhDAt least 3 years of experience in at least one scripting languageAt least 1 year of experience utilizing a business intelligence visualization toolAt least 3 years of experience in querying and analyzing and working with data languages and platformsExperience utilizing AWS services
Master's Degree in a ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMathematics disciplineAt least 4 years of experience coding in PythonRSparkor SQLAt least 4 years of experience working within process management and improvement methodologies - AgileLeanSix Sigmaetc.At least 2 years of experience utilizing and developing within AWS servicesAt least 2 years of experience delivering Data Governance and Data Quality Management concepts and practices within the financial services industry
PythonRApache SparkSQLAmazon Web ServicesAWSdata warehousesunstructured data
Bachelor's Degree; data analytics; Python; R; Apache Spark; SQL; data warehouses; unstructured data; AWS; Amazon Web Services; data governance; data quality management; metadata; lineage; business definitions; BI visualization; Agile; Lean; Six Sigma
PythonRApache SparkSQLAmazon Web ServicesAWSdata warehousesunstructured datametadatadata governancedata quality managementsecuritydata access governancedata visualization tools
CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingAdaptabilityAnalytical thinking
Industry Banking
Job Function Lead data analytics initiatives to deliver data-driven insights and governance for card businesses.
Role Subtype Data Analyst
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services, Power BI, Tableau
Principal Data AnalystData AnalyticsCardPythonRApache SparkSQLAmazon Web ServicesAWSdata warehousesunstructured datametadatalineagebusiness definitionsBIBusiness IntelligenceAgileLeanSix Sigmadata governancedata quality managementfinancial servicesbusiness intelligence

Lack of basic degree requirements, No experience with AWS/Amazon Web Services, No 3+ years scripting or 1+ year BI visualization experience

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