Senior Business / Data Analyst
Our government client is looking for an experienced Senior Business / Data Analyst on a Hybrid 9+ months renewable contract role in Richmond, VA.
of positions: 2
Position – Senior Business / Data Analyst
Job Description
The agency is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of the Data Management team. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing. The agency is a 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.
Responsibilities
• Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and data flows
• 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
• Conduct data attribute mapping back to the data source
• 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
• Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
Qualifications
• 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)
• 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 customers
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
• Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete
Required/Desired Experience
• 10 Years of Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) Required
• 5 Years of Advanced experience in writing complex queries to analyze data Required
• 5 Years of Experience with enterprise data management, data analysis, and data lifecycle Required
• 5 Years of Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology Required
About Vector
Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to
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