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Senior Business Analyst (7684)

Richmond, VA 23219

Posted: 07/23/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Senior Business Analyst Job Number: 7684

Job Description

Position Title: Senior Business Analyst   
Position Status: 12-month contract with rolling extensions 
Schedule: HYBRID
Overview: Our client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst for a HYBRID position based out of Richmond, VA.                   
 
Responsibilities:
  • Seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of Enterprise Data Asset team.
  • This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) to analyze datasets to be made available in a cloud-based data management platform that will support the agency to produce master data with data governance.
  • Responsibilities include analyzing source systems which contain a spatial component for candidate datasets; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing strategies. Fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency.
  • This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes.
  • Ongoing improvement and efficiency are a part of our culture, and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.
  • Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points.
  • Develop expertise in source system datasets and data lifecycle.
  • Profile source data which may contain a spatial component; review source data and compare content and structure to dataset requirements; identify conflicts and determine recommendations for resolution.
  • Conduct entity resolution to identify matching and merging and semantic conflicts.
  • Elicit, record, and manage metadata.
  • Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams.
  • Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing.
  • Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff.
  • Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to data models and architectures to be used by internal staff to facilitate master data management.
  • Identify and group related user stories into themes, document dependencies and associated business processes.
  • Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog.
  • Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.
  • Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
  • Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases.
  • Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress.

Requirements:
  • 10 Years – Advanced understanding of data integrations. Strong knowledge of database architectures.    
  • 10 Years – Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and other data consumers within the business in an attempt to gather and populate data.     
  • 10 Years – Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
  • 10 Years – Ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts. Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects.
  • 10 Years – Experience with key data warehousing architectures including Kimball and Inmon and has a broad experience designing solutions using a broad set of data.    
  • 10 Years – Expertise in Data Factory v2, Data Lake Store, Data Lake Analytics, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Snyapse.  
  • 10 Years – Strong SQL scripting skills.   
  • 10 Years – Strong skills conducting spatial data analysis.
  • Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs.
  • Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into dataset requirements and user stories.
  • Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process.
  • Exceptional experience writing complex SQL queries for SQL Server and Oracle.
  • Experience with Azure Databricks.
  • Experience with ESRI ArcGIS.
    About Our Client: Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace by both policy and practice. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition. Employment and personnel practices conform to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination. While the Company is committed to following this principle in every facet of employment, all employees share in the responsibility to promote and foster a favorable work environment.
 

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