How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
Role Summary
Delta Air Lines is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Data Analyst to join their HR innovation and employee experience team. This role is perfect for someone with a deep understanding of data modelling best practices, strong technical skills, and business acumen, as well as the ability to learn complex data models and apply that knowledge to solve real-world business challenges. You will work on the development of data models to integrate, aggregate, and harmonize HR data from various sources, while driving the migration to modern platforms like Python and AWS. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including analysts, data scientists, and marketing stakeholders, to ensure the seamless delivery of reliable and scalable data solutions.
Responsibilities
Data Architecture and Optimization:
- Optimize complex queries and data models to support enterprise-level analytics and reporting.
- Drive best practices in data modeling, performance tuning, and system scalability.
Data Integration And Strategy
- Lead efforts to integrate and harmonize data from multiple HR and business systems into unified datasets.
- Design advanced transformation, enrichment, and reconciliation processes to ensure comprehensive and consistent data views across domains.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define data standards, KPIs, and integration strategies.
Data Quality, Governance, And Monitoring
- Establish and oversee data validation, reconciliation, and monitoring frameworks to maintain data integrity and reliability.
- Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex issues related to data quality, latency, or performance.
- Contribute to data governance policies, metadata management, and compliance initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration And Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with analysts, data scientists, engineers, and business leaders to understand analytical needs and deliver data-driven solutions.
- Translate business requirements into scalable data products and analytical frameworks.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior analysts on best practices in data analysis and engineering.
Tooling, Automation, And Cloud Solutions
- Lead the adoption and optimization of cloud-based data platforms and automation frameworks (e.g., AWS, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks).
- Streamline existing data workflows and implement automated quality checks and monitoring dashboards.
- Evaluate and implement new tools or technologies to enhance data efficiency and accessibility.
Documentation And Standards
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of data pipelines, architecture, and workflows for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Champion version control, security, and data governance best practices across projects.
Innovation And Continuous Improvement
- Stay ahead of emerging trends, tools, and technologies in data engineering, analytics, and visualization.
- Recommend and implement innovative approaches to improve scalability, performance, and analytical capabilities of data systems.
- Drive initiatives that enhance data literacy and self-service analytics across the organization
What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
- in data analytics.
- for complex queries and optimization.
- Strong understanding of Medallion architecture and modern data modeling.
- Intermediate Python for data transformation and automation.
- Hands-on experience with AWS stack (Athena, Redshift, S3) and reporting tools (QuickSight or equivalent).
- Ability to work with large, complex datasets and deliver accurate, timely solutions.
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working as an SAP HANA modeler, including developing and consuming HANA views and writing optimized SQL / SQLScript queries in SAP HANA Studio or equivalent tools.
- Experience integrating SAP HANA–based datasets with downstream analytics platforms (e.g., AWS, Redshift, Snowflake, BI tools).
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Hands on Experience with Dashboarding e.g Quicksight
- Desired experience working with HR Data
- Experience working with Glue/Lambda to develop data pipelines
- Experience working with DBT
- Experience working as an SAP HANA modeler
About The Company
What started as a humble, little aerial crop-dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters in 1924 has now grown into the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability, and customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Air Lines is known for its operational excellence and award-winning customer service.
Powered by our employees worldwide, Delta has led the airline industry in operational excellence for a decade while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.
In 2026, Delta Air Lines continued to earn global recognition for its performance, culture and operational excellence. Delta was named to Glassdoor's 2026 Top 100 Best Places to Work list for the ninth time, standing as the only airline recognized. Delta also secured the 11th spot on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list, marking its 13th consecutive year earning this distinction. Delta was also recognized by Cirium as the top on-time airline in North America for the fifth consecutive year, underscoring its unwavering commitment to reliability and customer experience.
About The Delta Technology Hub (DTH), Bangalore
The DTH is one of Delta Air Lines investments in world-class business capabilities and technology aimed at transforming how Delta Air Lines operates and provides world-class travel experiences to its customers through innovation and cutting-edge methodologies. By continuously reimagining processes and driving technology-led transformation, the Delta Technology Hub plays a pivotal role in Scripting The Future Of Aviation. The organization is certified by the Great Place to Work Institute (India). The Delta Technology Hub was a finalist for the iVolunteer Awards 2024/2025 in the Leader in Employee Volunteering category. This nomination highlights our remarkable volunteering initiatives and the outstanding practices we implement to encourage and support our employee volunteering program.
For more information, please visit www.deltatechhub.com
Why join
- Technology is a key enabler of the differentiated services that Delta provides. At the DTH, you get the opportunity to work on projects with a significant impact on business outcomes and customer experience.
- Deepen your knowledge by taking part in multifaceted learning and development programs –exposure to extensive internal and partner repositories, institutional affiliations, and industry SIG (Special Interest Groups) partnerships.
- Immerse yourself in an employee-centric culture.
- Develop deep and broad business acumen on airline operations while retaining focus on cutting-edge technology driven solutions.
- Avail a full range of benefits that support you and your family: Medical Insurance, Transportation to and from the DTH office, Complementary Cafeteria Meals, Special Travel opportunities and Travel Privileges, Car Lease Program, Paid time off, Parental Benefits and National Pension Scheme.
