Business Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between the Business stakeholders and the Development team members on highly visible Agile software development project

• Partner with project team in creation of meaningful requirements for both general business needs and specific data needs, including Source-to-Target design documentation

• Experience backlog grooming / stories. Working in Jira is a plus.

• Communicate requirements effectively for use by ETL & BI Engineers and QA Test Engineers

• Verify source data to be used truly supports requirements

• Assist in analyzing business needs against existing data structures/strategy

• Develop a strong working relationship with internal business partners to understand their needs

• Participate in testing and other project work as needed

Experience:

• 5+ years working in computer science, business or engineering related field

• 4+ years requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation

• 3+ years reading logical and physical data models

• 3+ years working in an Agile software development environment

• 4+ years writing SQL queries

• Ability to understand data models, data profiling, and source to target mapping.

• NoSQL and big data concepts such as Hadoop is a plus

• Informational understanding of relational databases

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to documented clear and concise descriptions of data elements, codes and other data characteristics for enterprise use

• Ability to articulate complex business and technical questions/needs in an easily consumable format for people at different levels in the organization

• User story and requirements analysis background

• Ability to organize and conduct effective meetings

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills

• Team player who actively collaborates

• Familiarity with XML schema design is a plus

• Familiarity with SOA and Canonical model design is a plus

To get further details or to apply for this position please contact:

Nishita Honest

973-805-7505

nishita.honest(at)collabera.com