Remote Position
Data Analyst, Dairy Predictive Solutions
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Job Description:
- Design, write, and optimize SQL queries powering dairy predictive algorithms and customer-facing platform analytics
- Support deployment and lifecycle management of dairy analytics and predictive algorithms
- Prepare, validate, and transform input data and review algorithm outputs for internal consistency
- Perform data mapping and modeling to translate business and scientific requirements into data and analytic specifications
- Perform data quality checks for completeness, consistency, and production suitability
- Prepare documentation and technical specifications covering data structures, query logic, data flows, and processes
- Maintain project logs and manage pending requests and reprioritization with department-level and business leadership
- Collaborate with R&D and data science teams to support innovation in dairy algorithms and models
- Work with internal and external business stakeholders to review requirements, validate outputs, and ensure platform data accuracy
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Computer Science, Information Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 3+ years of experience with relational SQL databases, including query writing, optimization, and performance tuning (required)
- 2+ years of animal agriculture (especially dairy) experience or demonstrated familiarity with animal agriculture data ecosystems
- Business or data analyst experience covering requirements gathering through to solution delivery is preferred
- Ability to provide data analysis for multiple projects concurrently
- Excellent data organizational skills required
- Strong communication skills are essential
- Ability to work across time zones in support of global business units and development teams
- Advanced SQL proficiency required, including experience with query optimization and performance tuning
- Microsoft Excel or related experience is required
- Experience with dairy software platforms including DC305, Bovisync, PCDart, or DHIPlus and understanding of underlying data elements is preferred
- Experience with systems such as Databricks, data lakes, or data warehouses is preferred
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages is preferred
- Experience with AI-supported technical implementation is preferred
- Familiarity with data visualization tools is a plus
- All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis
- Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact
Benefits:
- Short-term incentive compensation
- Long-term incentives
- Healthcare and insurance benefits beginning on day one
- 401K plan with a match and profit-sharing contribution from Zoetis
- 4 weeks of vacation