Is Data Analytics a Good Career?
If you’re looking for a career in technology or even one that’s tech adjacent, there are a lot of great options available. Once such area is data analytics, where career opportunities are rapidly growing. Data analysts, whether they’re acting as a financial analyst, marketing analyst, or even as a part of a Data Management as a Service (DMaaS) team, play an important role in gathering, managing, and interpreting business critical data.
If that sounds like something you might be interested in, keep reading. We’re exploring data management and analytics careers, including what you can expect on a daily basis and why now’s such a great time to get started.
What Does a Data Analyst Do?
At a high level, a data analyst collects and reviews data to identify trends and key insights that can be used to solve problems, improve business processes, innovate practices, and more. Data analysts may present their findings to key stakeholders as a part of their role as well. In other words, data analysts help businesses make sense of the massive amounts of data they have at their fingertips.
What data analysts do on a day-to-day basis really depends on the industry they’re in because careers in data analytics span across almost every field imaginable. For example, financial analysts may review spending and budgetary information to decrease unnecessary spending. Business intelligence analysts may review operational and organizational data to empower better decision making across an organization. Marketing analysts may review consumer behavior to identify trends. At Moser Consulting, our Data Management as a Service team empowers data analytics by designing, implementing, and managing the data systems that deliver these sorts of actionable insights for our clients.
A Day in the Life of a DMaaS Consultant
What do Moser’s DMaaS consultants do on a day-to-day basis? Like a lot of jobs, it depends on the day. However, here are some of their most common tasks and responsibilities.
Administrative Set Up: At any given time, Moser’s DMaaS consultants may be working on administrative tasks for several different clients. These include collecting information from servers, monitoring for job failures, implementing fixes should failures occur, and more.
Monitor Daily Reports: Daily reports like ELT (extract, load, transform) are a critical part of ensuring that clients’ databases are running smoothly and efficiently. Moser DMaaS consultants monitor these reports, along with servers and other applications to ensure optimal performance.
Troubleshoot: Sometimes things go wrong. When this happens, our DMaaS consultants work to troubleshoot issues as quickly as possible. Our team is well-versed in all of the different environments and applications our clients use—including cloud, on-premises and hybrid solutions using vendor specific and open-source toolsets— to ensure a low mean time to resolution.
Build Relationships: At the end of the day, we pride ourselves on truly being a partner with our clients. Our DMaaS consultants work with our clients to truly understand their organization and goals. This emphasis on partnership allows our teams to better develop solutions that meet organizational needs, build advanced analytics models, support IT infrastructure, and more.
Now, you might be wondering, “What qualifications do I need to be a data analyst or DMaaS consultant?” Individual employers often have their own set of requirements, often including a degree or experience in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or information systems to provide foundational knowledge. Data analysts also need soft skills like communication, patience, problem solving, and organization to succeed.
Why Choose Data Analytics as a Career?
For Moser’s DMaaS consultants, it’s all about solving challenges and helping our clients achieve their business goals in the best way possible. But that’s not the only reason. Here are three reasons why data analytics is a great career choice.
Data Analyst Future Prospects Look Great: Enterprise level companies are now dealing with petabytes of data, and even smaller businesses generate and maintain huge amounts of it. This isn’t going away any time soon, and organizations need individuals who know how to store, maintain, analyze, and generate insights from this data. It’s no surprise then that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that jobs in the data science field are expected to grow by 36% between 2021 and 2031. Whether you’re working directly for a company or at a consulting firm, there are a ton of opportunities available.
Data Analyst Salary Opportunities Are High: Glassdoor recently listed data analyst on their list of the top 50 careers of 2022, with a median base salary of $74,224. On top of a higher than average base salary, there is significant room for growth, too. Salary.com lists data analytics managers as having a median salary of over $130,000. And while these numbers may differ based on geography or years of experience, it’s clear that the data analytics career path and salary options are wide open.
Data Analyst Positions Are Dynamic: Moser’s DMaaS consultants agree that one of the best parts of their job is that it’s ever changing. No two days are exactly alike. There are different environments to work in and new problems to solve. There’s always an opportunity to learn about new technologies and advancements, which means your knowledge will continue to grow and expand over time.
Moser Consulting: Tech Experts Who Care
At Moser Consulting, we’ve dedicated the last 25 years to building the most talented team of technology professionals around. We like to say we’re more than the average IT consultancy. Of course, we bring experience in application services, business services, data & analytics, government services, and infrastructure services. But we’re also dedicated to forming partnerships and relationships with our clients that help ensure their success.
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