Business Data Analyst

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 151,536,000 - 157,046,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. has an immediate need for a Business Data Analyst in Ann Arbor, MI. This onsite contract role focuses on data requirements, discovery with stakeholders, and collaboration with Data Engineers and Platform teams.

Strong BA and data analysis skills are essential. You will translate business needs into data requirements, define data quality expectations, and produce Jira tickets for data pipelines and datasets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IS, CS or related field.
• 5+ years in business or data analysis supporting tech teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile and data delivery lifecycle.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and data modeling tools.
• Ability to translate business needs into data requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery with stakeholders to define data use cases and metrics.
• Translate business needs into data requirements and data quality expectations.
• Create clear Jira tickets and user stories for pipelines and datasets.
• Define acceptance criteria for data correctness, timeliness, and usability.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Platform teams throughout delivery.
• Support sprint planning and backlog refinement for data workstreams.
• Maintain documentation including data definitions and process flows.
• Ensure data solutions align with platform standards and governance.
• Identify opportunities for automation and reusable data patterns.

Skills

Business Analysis

Data Analysis

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IS/CS

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Visio

Lucidchart

Power BI

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Immediate need for a talented Business Data Analyst. This is a 06-12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Ann Arbor, MI(Onsite).

Job ID: 26-29746

Pay Range: $53 - $55/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Requirements & Definition
• Lead discovery with business and technical stakeholders to understand data use cases, decision drivers, and analytical outcomes.
• Translate business needs into data‑focused requirements, including source systems, grain, key dimensions, metrics, calculation logic, and data quality expectations.
• Produce clear, executable Jira tickets and user stories for data pipelines, transformations, models, views, and datasets.
• Define acceptance criteria covering data correctness, completeness, timeliness, and usability.
• Maintain durable documentation such as data definitions, process flows, assumptions, and decision logs.
• Execution & Delivery Support
• Actively support Data Engineers during build and test phases by answering requirement and business‑logic questions in real time.
• Help resolve data ambiguity, edge cases, and scope gaps uncovered during implementation.
• Partner with TDMs to support sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery readiness for data workstreams.
• Participate in standups, planning sessions, and retrospectives as a core delivery team member.
• Partner with Solution Architects to ensure requirements align with platform standards, architectural patterns, and long‑term scalability goals.
• Coordinate across upstream source teams and downstream consumer teams (BI, analytics, ML, operations) to surface dependencies and impacts early.
• Help ensure data solutions preserve business intent while fitting within established Data Platform and governance frameworks.
• Improve consistency and quality of data tickets, documentation, and handoffs to reduce rework and clarifying cycles.
• Contribute to retrospectives and process reviews to strengthen data delivery patterns and BA practice maturity.
• Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and reuse within data discovery and documentation processes.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key skills; Business Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, data analysis, or delivery roles supporting technical teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and the data delivery lifecycle (ingest transform serve).
• Hands‑on experience working with Data Engineering and Platform teams.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, data modeling or diagramming tools (Visio/Lucidchart), and analytics or observability tools (e.g., Power BI, Splunk, Grafana).
• What Sets You Apart
• Ability to reason about data from business outcome metric data requirement.
• Comfort operating in technically complex environments without needing to write production code.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to data detail and downstream impacts.
• Proven ability to create clarity, alignment, and momentum across cross‑functional data teams.
• Passion for continuous improvement and building durable, scalable data solutions.

Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.