The Geneva Foundation

Data Operations Specialist

The Geneva Foundation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $55,000 - $67,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityETLPythonSQLTableau

About the role

  • Support the integrity, accessibility, and operational use of organizational data across systems and platforms.
  • Coordinate with data owners to maintain data pipelines and databases, ensuring data quality and compliance.
  • Support reporting and analytics needs, and partner with cross-functional teams to optimize data workflows and enable data-driven decision-making.
  • Maintain, validate, and reconcile data across enterprise systems and platforms.
  • Perform routine data audits, reconciliation, and integrity checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
  • Develop and enforce data standards, naming conventions, and metadata practices in alignment with organizational policies.
  • Monitor and support data pipelines, integrations, and automated processes between platforms.
  • Troubleshoot data issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and recommend corrective actions to minimize recurring errors.
  • Collaborate with Office of Strategy and Impact (OSI) to prepare clean, validated datasets for dashboards, KPIs, and operational reporting.
  • Ensure data handling aligns with federal, sponsor, and internal compliance requirements (e.g., NIST 800-171, HIPAA, CUI, DoD data governance).
  • Partner with cybersecurity and information governance colleagues to maintain secure data environments and role-based access controls.
  • Work collaboratively across IGS, departmental, and analytics teams to maintain accurate, validated data and ensure that operational and technical requirements are effectively aligned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or related field; or equivalent experience
  • 0-2 years of experience in data operations, data management, systems administration, or analytics support
  • Proficiency with data tools such as Excel (advanced), SQL, or equivalent
  • Experience working with enterprise systems.
  • Strong understanding of data structures, relational databases, and ETL concepts.
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  • Preferred: Experience in federal research, government contracting, grants management, or healthcare data environments.
  • Familiarity with data governance frameworks and concepts (e.g., lineage, stewardship, quality rules).
  • Exposure to cloud data environments (Azure, AWS, Snowflake, etc.).
  • Basic scripting experience (Python, R, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
  • Understanding of compliance frameworks: HIPAA, CUI, FISMA, NIST standards.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision healthcare
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings account, with employer contribution
  • Short-and long-term disability
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Life & ADD insurance
  • 403b retirement plan with generous employer match
  • flexible leave options
  • 11 paid holidays per year
  • up to 4 weeks of paid time off in a rolling year

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
data operationsdata managementsystems administrationanalytics supportSQLdata structuresrelational databasesETLscriptingdata visualization
Soft skills
analytical skillstroubleshootingproblem-solvingcollaboration