Senior Technical Business Analyst- Arlington, VA

CoStar Realty Information; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CoStar Group in Arlington, VA seeks a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services - Finance team. The role combines business analysis with data querying in SQL, writing clear requirements and acceptance criteria, and coordinating with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders.

You will translate business needs into technical specs, validate data, and support the delivery lifecycle from intake to release readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited institution; business/IS/CS/finance preferred.
• 5+ years as a business/technical analyst or product owner on software delivery teams.
• Ability to write and run SQL queries independently, join and aggregate data.
• Experience creating requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering.
• Experience with process modeling: use cases, sequence diagrams, process maps.
• Act as interface between business stakeholders and engineers with competing priorities.
• Experience supporting an Agile or iterative delivery process.
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to brief engineers and stakeholders.
• Track multiple initiatives to closure with proactive follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for EDS-F initiatives.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for engineers to implement.
• Query and profile data with SQL to size work and validate results.
• Document As-Is and To-Be processes with diagrams and use cases.
• Review API contracts and data payloads for feasibility with engineers.
• Support user acceptance testing and define test scenarios.

Skills

SQL

Requirements writing

Data analysis

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Postman

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Technical Business Analyst- Arlington, VA

Job Description

Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world's real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We've continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

CoStar Group is hiring a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services - Finance (EDS-F) team. EDS-F builds and supports the platforms that run CoStar's financial systems, including billing, contracts, and enterprise financial data services. This is a technical role. You will gather and write requirements, but you will also read data, query it, and validate it yourself. You will use SQL daily. This Technical Business Analyst will also act as the primary point of contact between EDS-F and the teams that depend on us. You will represent the team in planning discussions, intake conversations, and cross-team design reviews. You will translate in both directions: business need into technical requirements, and platform constraints into terms that partner teams understand. You will support the engineering managers with the delivery process. This includes intake, scope definition, risk and decision tracking, and release coordination.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and is in office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Friday.

Responsibilities

Requirements and Analysis

• 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.

Cross-Team Liaison

• Act as the first point of contact between EDS-F and partner teams in engineering, product, Finance, and Accounting.
• Run intake for incoming requests. Clarify the need, assess the impact, and route or scope the work.
• Represent EDS-F in cross-team design reviews, planning sessions, and dependency discussions.
• Explain platform constraints, data models, and delivery timelines to non-EDS-F audiences.

Delivery and Process Support

• Support engineering managers through the SDLC. This covers intake, scope, estimates, and release readiness.
• Track risks, issues, action items, and decisions. Follow up until each item closes.
• Maintain and improve team documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures.
• Identify process gaps and inefficiencies, then propose and drive the fix.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited, not for profit, in person, university or college. Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field are preferred.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 5+ years as a business analyst, technical analyst, or product owner on software delivery teams.
• Ability to write and run SQL queries without help. You can join tables, aggregate results, and investigate a data question on your own.
• Experience writing requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
• Experience with process modeling: use cases, sequence diagrams, and process flow charts.
• Experience as the interface between business stakeholders and engineers, including groups with competing priorities.
• Experience supporting an Agile or iterative delivery process.
• Clear written and verbal communication. You can write a business case and also brief an engineer.
• Experience managing several concurrent initiatives and tracking them to closure.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience with financial systems: billing, contracts, revenue, or enterprise financial data.
• Experience with data platforms and reporting. This includes warehouse concepts and BI tools.
• Experience testing APIs with tools such as Postman.
• Product owner or project management experience.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence as dail