Strategic Business Analyst, Digital Engineering

CDM Smith; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our Digital Engineering Solutions group. You will translate business needs into actionable strategies, guiding process improvements and project delivery while collaborating with stakeholders and leadership to ensure alignment with business objectives.

The role emphasizes requirements gathering, data-driven analysis, and proactive problem-solving to support project success and continuous improvement across engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• Able to translate business needs into actionable strategies and changes.
• Experience in gathering and evaluating information from multiple sources.
• Ability to map current processes to identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks.
• Bridge gaps between Development and Business teams to align functional requirements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with management and stakeholders to collect functional and non-functional requirements.
• Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources.
• Map current business processes to visualize task flows and identify improvements.
• Ensure functional requirements align with business needs between Development and Business teams.
• Develop training materials and conduct sessions to enable adoption of new procedures.

Skills

Data visualization

Problem solving

SQL proficiency

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

IT familiarity

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

CBAP certification

5 years of related experience

Tools

SQL usage

Data visualization tools

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our Digital Engineering Solutions group. You will translate business needs into actionable strategies, guiding process improvements and project delivery while collaborating with stakeholders and leadership to ensure alignment with business objectives.

The role emphasizes requirements gathering, data-driven analysis, and proactive problem-solving to support project success and continuous improvement across engineering initiatives.