Direct Client: Business Analyst @ Austin, TX – Hybrid – Only Locals

KSN Technologies.•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a Business Analyst position located in Austin, TX, with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days remote (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and 3 days on-site. The role is a one-year contract and is only open to candidates who are local to the Austin area and currently reside in Texas. The position requires a high level of experience, with the candidate expected to plan and accomplish goals independently, demonstrating creativity and latitude. The role involves serving as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams, with strong experience as a Data Analyst and Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology, and project management being highly valued. The Business Analyst will review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs, formulating systems to align with business strategies. They will be experienced in business process reengineering, identifying new technology applications, and familiar with industry-standard business process mapping. The role includes preparing solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses, as well as writing detailed descriptions of user needs and program functions. Additional responsibilities include requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, data validation, complex SQL analysis, documenting BRDs, functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage. Collaboration with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the SDLC is expected, along with supporting data governance, gap analysis, UAT, and enterprise reporting/analytics initiatives.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience
Min 5 years of experience serving as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams (i.e., Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain, etc.).
Strong experience as a Data Analyst in analyzing raw data.
Strong experience as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology.
Project management experience with PMP are a huge plus.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
8 years Experience as a Business Analyst/Business Data Analyst gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements in an enterprise IT environment, including state government or large enterprise settings following formal SDLC processes
8 years Experience analyzing and documenting business processes, including current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) process flows and data flow diagrams
8 years Experience performing data analysis and documentation, including profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements, definitions, and business rules
8 years Extensive hands-on experience writing and interpreting SQL (complex queries, joins, aggregations) to perform data analysis, validation, and ad hoc investigation directly against relational databases
8 years Demonstrated experience extensively engaging with business stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions
8 years Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements documents and business requirement documents (BRDs) for technical teams
8 years Experience defining and documenting business measures, metrics, and KPIs, and working with reporting/analytics teams to define report specifications and data sourcing requirements
8 years Experience performing gap analysis between current business processes/data and desired future-state outcomes
8 years Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including development of test scenarios/test cases based on documented requirements

Nice To Haves

Project management experience with PMP

Responsibilities

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.
Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective.
Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering.
Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc.
Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
Performing requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, data validation, and complex SQL analysis in large enterprise or government environments.
Documenting BRDs, functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage.
Collaborating with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the SDLC.
Supporting data governance, gap analysis, UAT, and enterprise reporting/analytics initiatives.
Gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements in an enterprise IT environment, including state government or large enterprise settings following formal SDLC processes.
Analyzing and documenting business processes, including current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) process flows and data flow diagrams.
Performing data analysis and documentation, including profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements, definitions, and business rules.
Writing and interpreting SQL (complex queries, joins, aggregations) to perform data analysis, validation, and ad hoc investigation directly against relational databases.
Engaging with business stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions.
Translating business requirements into functional/data requirements documents and business requirement documents (BRDs) for technical teams.
Defining and documenting business measures, metrics, and KPIs, and working with reporting/analytics teams to define report specifications and data sourcing requirements.
Performing gap analysis between current business processes/data and desired future-state outcomes.
Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including development of test scenarios/test cases based on documented requirements.