Business Analyst

Allied Consultants, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible spending plan

Job summary

Allied Consultants, Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join a high-impact technical services team. The role focuses on translating business needs into BRDs and data requirements, while collaborating with IT and business stakeholders across the SDLC.

The candidate will leverage strong SQL skills and experience in data analysis to support government and enterprise projects. This position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• 8+ years experience as a Business Analyst/Business Data Analyst in enterprise IT or state government environments.
• 8+ years experience documenting business processes, current-state and future-state processes and data flows.
• 8+ years experience performing data analysis and documenting data elements, definitions, and business rules.
• 8+ years experience writing and interpreting SQL to perform data analysis against relational databases.
• 8+ years experience engaging with stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
• Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.
• Identifies new applications of technology to improve business problems.
• Writes BRDs, functional requirements, and data lineage documentation.
• Collaborates with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams through the SDLC.

Skills

Communication skills

Requirements elicitation

Data analysis

SDLC processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Information Systems

Tools

SQL

PMP

Job description

Overview

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Business Analystto play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates


• Local support staff for responsive, personal service


• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  
  
  
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  
  
  • Life insurance
  
  
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  
  
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan
  
  
  
  

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Responsibilities

Level Description

8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Min 5 years of experience, served 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, and as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology, and any project management experience with PMP are a huge plus.

Job Description

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.

Additional job details and special considerations

Strong experience as a Business/Data Analyst performing requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, data validation, and complex SQL analysis in large enterprise or government environments. Proven ability to document BRDs, functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage while collaborating with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the SDLC. Experience supporting data governance, gap analysis, UAT, and enterprise reporting/analytics initiatives with strong communication and facilitation skills

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• 10 Required Strong written and verbal communication skills; Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)


• 8 Required 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 Required Experience analyzing and documenting business processes, including current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) process flows and data flow diagrams


• 8 Required Experience performing data analysis and documentation, including profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements, definitions, and business rules


• 8 Required 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 Required Demonstrated experience extensively engaging with business stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions


• 8 Required Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements documents and business requirement documents (BRDs) for technical teams


• 8 Required Experience defining and documenting business measures, metrics, and KPIs, and working with reporting/analytics teams to define report specifications and data sourcing requirements


• 8 Required Experience performing gap analysis between current business processes/data and desired future-state outcomes


• 8 Required Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including development of test scenarios/test cases based on documented requirements