System Analyst

Motion Recruitment; United States; Remote; USD 76,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a global legal technology and information services company, seeks a Technical Business Systems Analyst IV to join a Data Engineering team on an initial 1-year contract, fully remote (EST hours).

You will translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements, document data processes and business rules, and support data-driven initiatives from requirements gathering through implementation and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, or similar role supporting IT or data engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of data concepts, including ETL, data warehousing, data governance, data ingestion, and data transformation.
• Experience creating process flows, data flows, system diagrams, or other technical documentation.
• Proficiency with diagramming tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, or BPMN.
• Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders and translating between the two.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project environments.
• Experience supporting system integrations and complex technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document detailed business and technical requirements for data engineering initiatives.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable specifications and user stories for technical teams.
• Create and maintain process flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, system interaction models, and workflow documentation.
• Document current-state and future-state processes to support solution design and identify gaps or opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and document business rules related to data processing, transformation, validation, and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, developers, QA teams, and other technical partners throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide clarification and requirements support during design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by reviewing test cases, validating solutions against requirements, and participating in defect triage and resolution.
• Create and maintain project documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, requirements documentation, and traceability matrices.
• Ensure documentation is accurate, version-controlled, and accessible to appropriate stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Data Engineering teams to ensure solutions align with business objectives and technical requirements.
• Document how data is ingested, transformed, packaged, and moved through the data lifecycle.
• Support projects involving system integrations, data pipelines, cloud platforms, and data models.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Data flows

Process modeling

UAT support

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

BPMN

SQL

Azure Data Lake

Cosmos DB

Job description

Our client a global legal technology and information services company that provides trusted legal, business, and regulatory information, analytics, and technology solutions to professionals and organizations around the world is seeking an experienced Technical Business Systems Analyst IV to join a Data Engineering team and serve as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams. This is an initial 1-year contract fully remote opportunity.

This role will focus on translating complex business needs into clear technical requirements, documenting data processes and business rules, and supporting data-driven initiatives from requirements gathering through implementation and testing.

Contract: 1- year initial contract (possibility of extension)

Location: Remote (EST Hours)

Pay: 67/hr. on a W2

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document detailed business and technical requirements for data engineering initiatives.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable specifications and user stories for technical teams.
• Create and maintain process flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, system interaction models, and workflow documentation.
• Document current-state and future-state processes to support solution design and identify gaps or opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and document business rules related to data processing, transformation, validation, and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, developers, QA teams, and other technical partners throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide clarification and requirements support during design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by reviewing test cases, validating solutions against requirements, and participating in defect triage and resolution.
• Create and maintain project documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, requirements documentation, and traceability matrices.
• Ensure documentation is accurate, version-controlled, and accessible to appropriate stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Data Engineering teams to ensure solutions align with business objectives and technical requirements.
• Document how data is ingested, transformed, packaged, and moved through the data lifecycle.
• Support projects involving system integrations, data pipelines, cloud platforms, and data models.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, or similar role supporting IT or data engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of data concepts, including ETL, data warehousing, data governance, data ingestion, and data transformation.
• Experience creating process flows, data flows, system diagrams, or other technical documentation.
• Proficiency with diagramming tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, or BPMN.
• Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders and translating between the two.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project environments.
• Experience supporting system integrations and complex technical projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of SQL and data modeling concepts.
• Familiarity with Azure MySQL and Cosmos DB.
• Experience with cloud storage technologies such as Azure Data Lake and Blob Storage.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, with familiarity with AWS and/or GCP.
• Familiarity with data ingestion pipelines and data modeling.
• Experience documenting end-to-end data lifecycles and data packaging processes.
• Knowledge of data privacy and compliance standards such as GDPR or HIPAA.
• Experience working with GitHub.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development and productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Experience working closely with Data Engineering, Product, QA, and Development teams.