Hadoop Business Analyst

Matlen Silver; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver in Jersey City is seeking a Functional Analyst to be the primary liaison among application teams, business stakeholders, platform engineering, production support, and product management. You will translate data integration needs into clear functional requirements and coordinate delivery from intake through implementation and operational handoff.

This role leads application onboarding, backlog readiness, testing coordination, release planning, stakeholder communication, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business analysis, functional analysis, data management, or technology delivery.
• Experience gathering requirements, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and use cases.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data integration, data movement, data warehousing, and relational database concepts.
• Experience with Agile delivery, JIRA, Confluence, backlog management, and software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience coordinating testing, defect management, release readiness, and implementation activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, drive decisions, surface risks, and maintain clear ownership and follow-through.
• Ability to communicate complex data and technology topics in business-friendly language.
• Experience supporting data migration, data integration, or data platform projects.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical & business systems and software support for modification, implementation, or conversion of business systems.
• Translates business needs into technical requirements and ensures all systems support and conform to business needs and specifications.
• Acts as liaison between business unit and software/hardware developers and vendors.
• Aware of business or function for which application or system is designed.
• Has the required domain knowledge, as applicable or brings other domain knowledge that improves the overall function of the business to team interface.
• Constantly looks for ways to improve the interaction with the business and the quality and speed of the requirements gathering and requirements building.

Skills

Business analysis

Data integration

Agile delivery

Requirements gathering

Functional specifications

Stakeholder management

Data warehousing

SQL basics

Data mapping

Data governance

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Location: Onsite 3 days a wk; Hybrid – Office location is Jersey City NJ

Required Pay Scale: $50-55hr W2

***Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC or GC candidates***

The Functional Analyst serves as the primary liaison among application teams, business stakeholders, platform engineering, production support, and product management. The analyst translates data integration needs into clear functional requirements and coordinates delivery from intake through implementation and operational handoff.

This role leads application onboarding, requirements analysis, backlog readiness, testing coordination, release planning, stakeholder communication, and production issue follow-up. The successful candidate combines strong functional analysis skills with practical knowledge of enterprise data integration, data warehousing, and technology delivery in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical & business systems and software support for modification, implementation, or conversion of business systems.
• Translates business needs into technical requirements and ensures all systems support and conform to business needs and specifications.
• Acts as liaison between business unit and software/hardware developers and vendors.
• Aware of business or function for which application or system is designed.
• Has the required domain knowledge, as applicable or brings other domain knowledge that improves the overall function of the business to team interface.
• Constantly looks for ways to improve the interaction with the business and the quality and speed of the requirements gathering and requirements building.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business analysis, functional analysis, product analysis, data management, or technology delivery.
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and producing business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and use cases.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data integration, data movement, data warehousing, and relational database concepts.
• Experience with Agile delivery, JIRA, Confluence, backlog management, and software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience coordinating testing, defect management, release readiness, and implementation activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, drive decisions, surface risks, and maintain clear ownership and follow-through.
• Ability to communicate complex data and technology topics in business-friendly language.

Experience supporting data migration, data integration, or data platform projects

• Hadoop exposure is highly preferred and will move candidates to the top of the shortlist
• Experience documenting requirements, process flows, data mappings, and business rules

Strong requirements and governance experience

• Gathering business requirements
• Writing functional specifications
• Supporting compliance, controls, and governance processes
• Ensuring project documentation and standards are followed
• Ability to work directly with business and technical teams
• Comfortable facilitating meetings, documenting requirements, and driving action items
• Coordinating between business users, data teams, developers, and project leadership

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application orat any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at [e-mail] // 908-393-8600