Lead Business Data Analyst - Data Modernization (Remote)

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 147,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a Lead Business Data Analyst to support the Case Management Modernization (CMM) program for the Administrative Office of the US Courts. The role drives data governance, STTM development, and analytics across a cloud-based data platform, serving 204+ federal courts nationwide.

You will bridge business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring clear requirements, auditable documentation, and compliant reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience in information systems and data programs.
• Experience with testing, writing acceptance criteria and confirming test cases results.
• Experience with producing relevant requirements, sizing user stories correctly, and removing roadblocks prior to sprints start.
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst on enterprise IT or data programs.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cloud data platforms, analytics, or data initiatives.
• Strong expertise in requirements management, data analysis, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead elicitation, analysis, and documenting business, functional, and data requirements for CMM data products and analytics.
• Lead development and maintain Source-to-Target Mappings (STTMs), workflows, and data requirements documentation.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, working sessions, and governance meetings, capturing decisions and action items.
• Translate statutory, operational, and reporting needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support data governance coordination, ensuring alignment with standards, policies, and stewardship decisions.
• Partner with data engineers and architects to validate data models, transformations, and reporting logic.
• Ensure requirements incorporate data classification, security, and access control considerations.
• Support testing activities, including test planning, validation of results, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Produce and maintain Agile artifacts (backlogs, user stories, traceability matrices).
• Contribute to metadata catalog ingestion by defining business definitions and data attributes.
• Support training, documentation, and communication for CMM data products users.
• Ensure all documentation is audit-ready, version-controlled, and SOW-compliant.
• Operates within an Agile federal delivery environment supporting multiple scrum teams.
• Collaborates closely with business owners, data engineers, architects, and governance teams.
• Accountable for requirements of accuracy, traceability, and documentation quality.
• Expected to maintain audit-ready artifacts and timely deliverables.

Skills

Business Intelligence (BI)

Data Requirements

Data Warehousing (DW)

ETL Design

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

QuickSight

Jira

Confluence

Job description

GDIT is seeking a Lead Business Data Analyst to support the Case Management Modernization (CMM) program for the Administrative Office of the US Courts. The role drives data governance, STTM development, and analytics across a cloud-based data platform, serving 204+ federal courts nationwide.

You will bridge business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring clear requirements, auditable documentation, and compliant reporting.