Job Description

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Richmond, VA

Position Type: Contract

Duration: 6 / 12 Month

Work Type: Hybrid

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.



Job Description:

1. Master Data Analyst

We are seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of Enterprise Data Asset team.
This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) to analyze datasets to be made available in a cloud-based data management platform that will support the agency to produce master data with data governance.


Responsibilities include analyzing source systems which contain a spatial component for candidate datasets; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing strategies. VDOT is a fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency. This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes. Ongoing improvement and efficiency are a part of our culture, and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.



Responsibilities:


Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
Develop expertise in source system datasets and data lifecycle
Profile source data which may contain a spatial component; review source data and compare content and structure to dataset requirements; identify conflicts and determine recommendations for resolution
Conduct entity resolution to identify matching and merging and semantic conflicts
Elicit, record, and manage metadata
Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to data models and architectures to be used by internal staff to facilitate master data management
Identify and group related user stories into themes, document dependencies and associated business processes
Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions
Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases
Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress



Qualifications


Required:
The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business data analysis artifacts

5+ years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology

Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs

Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into dataset requirements and user stories

Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process

Exceptional experience writing complex sql queries for Sql Server and Oracle

Experience with Azure Databricks

Experience with ESRI ArcGIS

Experience with enterprise data management

Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)

Experience with reporting systems operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts

The candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers


Preferred:

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification
Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

ABOUT Ztek:

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Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek's diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

Disclaimer:

Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hrd@ztekinc.com Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.

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