Business Analyst Data Specialist

vTech Solution; Washington; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

vTech Solution is seeking an experienced Business Analyst 3 to independently manage complex tasks, bridging business stakeholders with IT teams in enterprise environments. You will analyze processes, document BRDs, and support data governance and reporting initiatives across large gov/enterprise settings.

Responsibilities include elicitation, mapping, data profiling, and collaboration throughout the SDLC to ensure high-quality requirements and test scenarios for UAT.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in business or data analysis in enterprise IT or government settings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements following formal SDLC processes.
• Expertise in business process analysis including current-state and future-state process flows and data flow diagrams.
• Proficiency in data analysis, profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements and business rules.
• Extensive hands-on experience writing and interpreting complex SQL queries for data analysis and validation.
• Proven ability to engage with business stakeholders through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements and BRDs for technical teams.
• Ability to define and document business measures, metrics, KPIs, and collaborate on report specifications and data sourcing.
• Experience performing gap analysis between current and desired future-state business processes and data.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and developing test scenarios and cases.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs to align with overall business strategies.
• Perform business process reengineering and identify new technology applications to improve business effectiveness.
• Prepare solution options, risk assessments, and financial analyses including cost/benefit, ROI, and buy/build decisions.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and development/modification steps for computer programs.
• Conduct requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, and data validation.
• Develop and document BRDs, functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the SDLC.
• Support data governance, perform gap analysis, and assist with UAT including test scenario and test case development.

Skills

Business Analysis

Data Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

SQL

Stakeholder Engagement

SDLC

BRD Documentation

Data Governance

UAT Support

Process Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Information Systems

Job description

Job Summary

The Business Analyst 3 role requires an experienced professional with over eight years in business and data analysis, capable of independently managing complex tasks and delivering strategic business solutions. This position involves acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams, analyzing and documenting business processes, and supporting data governance and enterprise reporting initiatives within large enterprise or government environments.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs to align with overall business strategies.
• Perform business process reengineering and identify new technology applications to improve business effectiveness.
• Prepare solution options, risk assessments, and financial analyses including cost/benefit, ROI, and buy/build decisions.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and development/modification steps for computer programs.
• Conduct requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, and data validation.
• Develop and document Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Support data governance, perform gap analysis, and assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including test scenario and test case development.

Required Skills & Certifications

• Minimum of 8 years experience as a Business Analyst or Business Data Analyst in enterprise IT or government settings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements following formal SDLC processes.
• Expertise in business process analysis including current-state and future-state process flows and data flow diagrams.
• Proficiency in data analysis, profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements and business rules.
• Extensive hands-on experience writing and interpreting complex SQL queries for data analysis and validation.
• Proven ability to engage with business stakeholders through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements and BRDs for technical teams.
• Ability to define and document business measures, metrics, KPIs, and collaborate on report specifications and data sourcing.
• Experience performing gap analysis between current and desired future-state business processes and data.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and developing test scenarios and cases.

Preferred Skills & Certifications

• Project management experience, particularly with PMP certification.
• Experience with business process mapping and reengineering using industry standards.
• Strong facilitation skills for stakeholder communication and collaboration.

Special Considerations

• Role requires a high degree of creativity and latitude in accomplishing goals.
• Must be able to independently perform a variety of complicated tasks.

Scheduling

• Work schedule and shift pattern are not specifically defined; flexibility may be required based on project needs.