Senior Tech Business Analyst - Finance Data & SQL

CoStar Group; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

401(K) retirement plan with matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

On-site fitness center / gym access

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion programs

Job summary

CoStar Group, Inc. in Arlington, VA seeks a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services – Finance (EDS-F) team.

You will gather requirements, read and query data with SQL, and serve as the primary liaison between EDS-F and partner teams, supporting delivery across the SDLC. You translate business needs into technical specs, review API contracts, and help coordinate releases, with in-office Mon-Thu and remote Fridays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years as a business/technical analyst or product owner on software delivery teams.
• Ability to write and run SQL queries independently.
• Experience writing requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineers.
• Experience bridging business stakeholders and engineers in Agile environments.
• Familiarity with process modeling and API contracts.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for EDS-F initiatives.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria that engineers can build from without rework.
• Query and profile data with SQL to confirm assumptions, size the work, and validate results.
• Document As-Is and To-Be process flows.
• Use sequence diagrams, use cases, and process maps.
• Review API contracts and data payloads with engineers to confirm the requirement is achievable.
• Support user acceptance testing.
• Define test scenarios and confirm that delivered work meets the stated criteria.

Skills

SQL

Requirements gathering

User stories & criteria

Data profiling

API contracts & data payloads

Cross-team liaison

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Tools

Postman

Jira

Confluence

Job description

CoStar Group, Inc. in Arlington, VA seeks a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services – Finance (EDS-F) team.

You will gather requirements, read and query data with SQL, and serve as the primary liaison between EDS-F and partner teams, supporting delivery across the SDLC. You translate business needs into technical specs, review API contracts, and help coordinate releases, with in-office Mon-Thu and remote Fridays.