Business Data Analyst
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite
Description:
- The client is seeking a highly experienced Business Data Analyst to join our dynamic Business Analytics and Testing Support team.
- In this role you will be crucial in supporting the implementation of Enterprise Data Management tools.
- Your responsibilities will include documenting use cases validating success criteria through testing and supporting end users with tools such as Collibra Informatica IBM Knowledge Catalog Snowflake SafeFME and ArcGIS Enterprise.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with project team members and business stakeholders to deeply understand business processes identify pain points and develop expertise in the customers business applications.
- Conduct thorough root cause analysis to uncover system gaps and deficiencies proposing effective business technical or blended solutions.
- Develop process flows context diagrams and data flow diagrams to document current processes and propose modifications.
- Discover and meticulously document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processes.
- Decompose requirements into Epics and Features creating clear and actionable user stories that can be easily understood and implemented by technical teams. Use progressive elaboration to map stories to technical design specifications.
- Support the Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog grouping related user stories into Themes and documenting dependencies.
- Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups to visualize proposed solutions and enhance stakeholder understanding.
- Propose cost-effective solutions rigorously testing their feasibility for both business and technical compatibility.
- Define test objectives create test plans and cases execute tests including regression testing and facilitate User Acceptance Testing UAT with the business. Keep Project Managers and Scrum Masters informed of the progress of testing activities.
Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Certified Business Analysis Professional CBAP
- PMI – Professional in Business Analysis PMI-PBA
- PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP
- Experience using Azure DevOps or Jira for agile software development and work item tracking.
- Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete Cucumber or Selenium.
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Advanced understanding of enterprise data management concepts and tools., Required 8 Years
- Experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts, Required 8 Years
- Experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology., Required 5 Years
- Proven experience in organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs., Required 5 Years
- Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories., Required 8 Years
- Defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with development teams., Required 5 Years
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers, Required 8 Years
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