Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst
Local to Virginia
Responsibilities: Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points Develop expertise in the customers’ datasets and data lifecycle Profile source data; 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 progressQualificationsRequired: The candidate must have a Experience in Business analysis; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology 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 Experience with enterprise data management Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server) Experience with reporting systems – operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts The candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customersPreferred: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour
Schedule:

8 hour shift

Ability to Commute:

Virginia, NE 68458 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

Virginia, NE 68458: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Virginia, NE 68458