Data Verification Specialist
Hybrid · Ames, Iowa, United States
Job Summary
Detail-oriented Data Verification Specialist responsible for manually reviewing, restructuring, cleaning, standardizing, and documenting complex datasets across multiple platforms in a secure offline environment. Lead the preparation of transformation logic, derived variables, and validation checks to ensure high-quality, analysis-ready data assets for downstream analytics. Responsible for creating and maintaining data manuals, catalogs, metadata, validation checklists, and process documentation; operate with autonomy across R, Stata, SPSS, and Excel. The role emphasizes data quality and governance rather than business insights, and collaborates with a cross-functional team of faculty, professional staff, postdocs, and students to support statewide data-driven decision-making within Iowa’s Integrated Data System for Decision-Making (I2D2). The environment blends virtual and in-person engagement, prioritizing flexibility and work–life balance, and includes opportunities to contribute technical writing and metadata management efforts across various data projects.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience
- Experience with data quality frameworks and validation criteria
- Ability to develop standardized data definitions adhering to internal schemas
- Experience creating derived variables, recoding data, and computing indicators
- Experience documenting data processes, metadata, and data dictionaries
- Proficiency with R, Stata, SPSS, and Excel for data manipulation and analysis
- Strong technical writing and metadata management skills
- Experience with Microsoft Loop and Smartsheet (or equivalent) for project documentation
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