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