# Data Quality Analyst

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-quality-analyst

A Data Quality Analyst is responsible for monitoring, profiling, and cleansing organizational data to ensure it is accurate, consistent, and fit for business use, typically sitting within a data governance, IT, or analytics team. Day-to-day work involves writing SQL queries to audit datasets, using data profiling and cleansing techniques alongside tools like Informatica, Talend, or Ataccama to detect anomalies, and performing root cause analysis to trace and fix recurring data issues at their source. This role suits a detail-oriented, methodical person who is comfortable moving between technical tools and Excel-based reporting to communicate findings to both technical teams and business stakeholders.

Top skills: [Root Cause Analysis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/root-cause-analysis), [SQL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/sql), [Talend](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/talend)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Data Analyst](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-analyst)
- Often leads to: [Data Steward](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-steward)

## Similar roles

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