Tableau data analyst

Tableau Data Analyst — Plano, TX (Hybrid)

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Job Title: Tableau Data Analyst

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Location: Plano, Texas

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Work Arrangement: Hybrid

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Job Summary

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We are seeking a highly skilled Tableau Data Analyst with strong hands-on experience designing, developing, maintaining, and optimizing business intelligence dashboards and reporting solutions.

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Advanced Tableau expertise is mandatory for this role. The ideal candidate should be capable of independently owning the complete Tableau dashboard development lifecycle, from gathering business requirements and preparing data through dashboard development, testing, publishing, optimization, deployment, and ongoing support.

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The successful candidate will have extensive experience with Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server and/or Tableau Cloud, along with strong SQL skills and working knowledge of Python for data analysis, data preparation, validation, cleaning, and automation.

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This role requires someone who can translate complex business requirements into intuitive, actionable, and executive-ready visual analytics while working closely with stakeholders to understand KPIs, reporting requirements, and business objectives.

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Key Responsibilities

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* Design, develop, and maintain interactive Tableau dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visual analytics solutions.

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* Translate complex business requirements into clear, meaningful, intuitive, and user-friendly Tableau dashboards.

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* Build Tableau worksheets, dashboards, stories, and reusable reporting templates.

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* Develop advanced Tableau calculations, including Level of Detail (LOD) expressions, table calculations, parameters, sets, groups, bins, date calculations, and dynamic filters.

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* Develop dashboard actions, including filter actions, highlight actions, navigation actions, and parameter actions.

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* Connect Tableau to multiple data sources, including relational databases, cloud data platforms, Excel files, APIs, and flat files.

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* Build and manage data extracts, live connections, joins, relationships, unions, and data blending.

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* Publish dashboards and data sources to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.

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* Manage Tableau workbooks, projects, permissions, schedules, subscriptions, and refresh jobs.

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* Monitor and troubleshoot failed extract refreshes, data-connection issues, workbook problems, and dashboard errors.

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* Optimize Tableau dashboard performance by improving queries, extracts, filters, calculations, data models, and workbook design.

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* Apply dashboard design and data-visualization best practices to create clean, consistent, accessible, and business-friendly visualizations.

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* Implement row-level security and user-based filtering when required.

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* Perform dashboard testing, data validation, and reconciliation before releasing reports to end users.

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* Maintain existing Tableau dashboards and enhance them based on stakeholder and business-user feedback.

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* Work closely with business users and stakeholders to understand KPIs, reporting needs, analytical requirements, and business objectives.

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* Provide Tableau training, documentation, troubleshooting, and support to business users when required.

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* Write complex SQL queries to extract, transform, aggregate, reconcile, and validate data used in Tableau dashboards.

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* Use Python for data cleaning, automation, exploratory analysis, validation, and preparation of datasets.

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* Independently gather reporting requirements and convert business needs into scalable Tableau reporting solutions.

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* Ensure accuracy, consistency, reliability, and performance across dashboards and reporting solutions.

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Required Technical Skills

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Primary and Mandatory Skills

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The candidate must have strong hands-on expertise in:

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* Tableau Desktop

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* Tableau Server

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* Tableau Cloud

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* Tableau Prep / Tableau Prep Builder

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* Dashboard Development

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* Data Visualization

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* Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions

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* Table Calculations

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* Parameters

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* Sets

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* Filters

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* Groups and Bins

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* Dashboard Actions

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* Extracts

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* Live Connections

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* Performance Optimization

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* Publishing

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* Scheduling

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* Permissions

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* Row-Level Security

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* Tableau data modeling and data-source management

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Additional Technical Skills

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* SQL

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* Python

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* Pandas

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* Data Analysis

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* Data Validation

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* Data Cleaning

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* KPI Reporting

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* Business Intelligence

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* Report Automation

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* Stakeholder Communication

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Required Experience and Competencies

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* Strong hands-on experience with Tableau Desktop.

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* Strong experience with Tableau Server and/or Tableau Cloud.

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* Demonstrated experience developing complex, interactive, and executive-level Tableau dashboards.

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* Advanced knowledge of Tableau calculations, parameters, filters, sets, actions, and LOD expressions.

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* Experience publishing, scheduling, refreshing, and managing Tableau reports and data sources.

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* Strong understanding of Tableau dashboard and workbook performance optimization.

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* Experience troubleshooting Tableau workbook, extract, refresh, and connectivity issues.

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* Strong understanding of data-visualization principles and dashboard design best practices.

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* Ability to independently convert business requirements into complete Tableau reporting solutions.

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* Strong SQL skills, including joins, subqueries, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), aggregate functions, and window functions.

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* Working knowledge of Python for data analysis and automation.

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* Strong data-validation, analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.

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* Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

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* Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders.

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Preferred Qualifications

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* Tableau Desktop Specialist, Tableau Certified Data Analyst, or another recognized Tableau certification.

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* Experience working with Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, or similar modern data platforms.

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* Experience working with large datasets and multiple data sources.

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* Familiarity with Tableau Prep Builder.

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* Experience creating certified data sources and reusable Tableau data models.

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* Experience with row-level security, permissions, and governance within Tableau.

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* Knowledge of Python libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib.

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* Familiarity with ETL processes and data-warehouse concepts.

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* Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

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* Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments.

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Ideal Candidate

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The ideal candidate is a true Tableau expert who can independently own the full dashboard-development lifecycle—from gathering and understanding business requirements and preparing data to developing, testing, publishing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise Tableau dashboards.

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We are specifically seeking someone with substantial hands-on Tableau development experience who can build sophisticated, interactive, high-performance dashboards and confidently work with business stakeholders and technical teams.

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Advanced Tableau proficiency is essential. Candidates with only basic Tableau exposure or limited dashboard-development experience will not be suitable for this position.