Senior Data Operations Analyst

About the role

The Senior Data Operations Analyst at Brain Corp is responsible for defining and documenting key operational and quality metrics, validating their accuracy, and building the monitoring and tooling that keeps operational data trustworthy at scale. This position involves direct interaction with engineering teams, fleet data analysis, and partnership with operations, product, and engineering to provide actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Define and document key operational and quality metrics hands-on with engineering, keeping them current as pipelines and features evolve.
• Build and maintain data lineage and a documented view/metric layer so critical knowledge is documented and shared across the organization.
• Validate data quality and proactively audit existing metrics for accuracy and relevance as the platform evolves — catching discrepancies before they drive decisions and flagging definitions that have drifted or pipelines that no longer reflect ground truth.
• Partner day-to-day with Data Engineering, drafting well-formed requests for durable, managed data sources where long-term gaps exist.
• Work directly with operational and robotic data in BigQuery (SQL) to investigate fleet trends, performance, and quality metrics — owning the analysis, not just reviewing outputs.
• Partner with operations, product, and engineering as an analytical thought partner — translating business questions into structured analysis and findings into clear, actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences. Proactively surface signals worth monitoring without waiting to be directed.
• Turn short-term analyses into repeatable visibility frameworks and standardized KPIs that support scaling and data-driven decisions.
• Establish and maintain standards for dashboard and metric design that other team members and stakeholders can follow, ensuring consistency and reusability across the reporting layer. Design, build, and continuously improve dashboards and monitoring across BI tools (Grafana, Looker, Power BI) or custom tooling.
• Leverage modern AI tooling to build and ship dashboards, automation, and lightweight internal tools at high velocity.
• Partner with Data Engineering to maintain reliable pipelines and integrations across core systems.
• Apply data to evaluate and improve operational workflows, identifying where standardization or automation improves consistency and reliability.
• Cook up multiple data initiatives, maintaining timelines and tracking to ensure on-time, measurable delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years in data operations, analytics engineering, business analytics, or a related technical data role, or equivalent demonstrated ownership of data/analytics work.
• Strong SQL and hands-on experience in a cloud data warehouse (BigQuery preferred).
• Proficiency with BI / data visualization tools (Grafana, Looker, Power BI, Tableau).
• Working proficiency in Python (or equivalent scripting) for data work and automation.
• Experience designing dashboards or data-monitoring systems for operational or quality metrics.
• Comfort with messy, multi-stage data and ambiguous field semantics.
• Self-directed: identifies what matters without being told, and can hold their own in a definitional conversation with engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Education and/or Work Experience

Direct experience in Data modeling and documentation practice. Familiarity with version control (Git) and collaborative development practices. Ability to build fluently with modern AI tooling to multiply output. Experience with operational, telemetry, IoT, or sensor data. Background in robotics, IoT, or support operations analytics.

Physical Demands

Maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; use of hands to finger and grasp; talk and hear at normal room levels; visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures; push or pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employees are exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

Salary Range

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $97,335 to $118,965. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states. In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

• A discretionary annual target bonus
• Stock options
• 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown
• Additional Perks include: Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office, On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office, Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events
• Internal continuous learning events
• Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company