Business Analyst - Certifications

$114,400 - $124,800/Yr

Randstad - Tallahassee, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Tallahassee, FL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Business Analyst position is a consulting role focused on supporting the creation of a Data Warehouse. The individual will act as a liaison between various IT programs and vendor solutions, ensuring effective communication and alignment on data structures and integration processes. This role involves gathering user requirements, creating documentation, and assisting teams in testing and optimizing data storage and retrieval processes.

Responsibilities

• Gathering user requirements from team members for data warehouse features, reporting needs, and enhancements.
• Creating flowcharts and diagrams to illustrate data flow, ETL processes, and logical operational steps within the data warehouse; writing specifications and system documentation for data models.
• Organizing requirements documentation and communicating with data engineering and development teams to ensure alignment on data structures and integration processes.
• Creating and maintaining a digital binder for project documentation of a project's progress including feasibility analyses, requirements, meeting notes, data lineage and flow maps and other materials.
• Translating and simplifying requirements as needed.
• Providing requirements analysis to identify gaps and opportunities for optimization in data storage and retrieval processes.
• Helping teams prepare for user acceptance testing by developing test cases that align with user requirements and expected outcomes from the data warehouse.
• Reviewing and testing data warehouse components, including ETL processes, data integrity, and reporting functionalities, to ensure they meet specified requirements.
• Documenting and communicating change requests and application issues.
• Assisting teams in documenting requirements for performance metrics that evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the data warehouse.
• Creating job aids and training for the new technology solutions to ensure all employees and external parties use the technology correctly.
• Coordinating with members of the team to make sure all sub-process procedures, manuals and guidelines are updated to include the new procedures.
• Performing other related duties, as required.

Requirements

• At least four years of work experience as a business analyst.
• Experience reading and writing software documentation.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio or similar flowcharting tool.
• Experience in requirements gathering and documentation.
• Experience producing technical documentation.
• Experience in conducting data analysis using PL/SQL, SPSS, PowerBI, Excel, etc.
• Experience in producing documentation for purposes developing ETL pipelines.
• Experience in performing unit and/or user acceptance testing and documenting system issues.
• Holds a bachelor's or master's degree in data analysis, information systems, computer science, or similar degree program.
• Holds one of the following certifications: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), or Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience on projects and/or teams using Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Experience with cloud computing.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401K contribution
• Incentive and recognition program