Senior API & Data Integration Analyst

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 87,400 - 123,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision & life ins.

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off & holidays

Volunteer time off

Diversity and inclusion programs

Job summary

Empower is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst - API & Data Integration to partner with Product Owners, Software Engineers, QA, and stakeholders. Translate business goals into scalable API-first solutions, analyze complex data flows, and deliver enterprise integrations in a cloud-native AWS environment.

You will lead discovery, define API-first capabilities, review REST APIs, perform SQL analysis, and maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from objectives through testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of Business Analysis experience supporting Agile software engineering teams.
• Strong experience defining requirements for REST APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of REST, JSON, HTTP methods, and API design principles.
• Experience reading and interpreting OpenAPI specifications.
• Advanced SQL skills for querying and analyzing complex datasets.
• Extensive experience with data analysis, data mapping, data lineage, and integration analysis.
• Experience with API-first delivery, cloud-native applications, and AWS environments.
• Understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Experience writing detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions to understand business objectives and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Define and deliver API-first capabilities, system integrations, and distributed solutions with engineering teams.
• Analyze REST APIs, OpenAPI specs, JSON payloads, integration patterns, data flows, and system behavior.
• Perform advanced SQL analysis to validate requirements and troubleshoot datasets.
• Develop data mappings and document data lineage across systems.
• Model business capabilities and integration workflows.
• Create user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical documentation.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from objectives to testing.
• Collaborate with QA to ensure testable solutions and quality.
• Participate in backlog refinement and sprint ceremonies.
• Support production investigations by analyzing APIs and data flows.
• Recommend improvements to simplify processes and improve outcomes.
• Use AI tools responsibly to improve productivity while maintaining quality.

Skills

REST APIs

OpenAPI

SQL

Data mapping

AWS

API-first delivery

Agile

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Hoppscotch

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

Empower is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst - API & Data Integration to partner with Product Owners, Software Engineers, QA, and stakeholders. Translate business goals into scalable API-first solutions, analyze complex data flows, and deliver enterprise integrations in a cloud-native AWS environment.

You will lead discovery, define API-first capabilities, review REST APIs, perform SQL analysis, and maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from objectives through testing.