Business Analyst

Allied Consultants, Inc.
  • Austin, TX
    5 days ago

    Job Description

    Overview

    Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Business Analyst to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

     

    At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

    • Highly competitive pay rates
    • Local support staff for responsive, personal service
    • Comprehensive benefits package, including:
      • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
      • Life insurance
      • A 401(K) plan with company match
      • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

    Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

     

    Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

    Responsibilities

    Level Description

    8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Min 5 years of experience, served as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams (i.e., Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain, etc.). Strong experience as a Data Analyst in analyzing raw data, and as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology, and any project management experience with PMP are a huge plus.

    Job Description

    Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.

    Additional job details and special considerations

    Strong experience as a Business/Data Analyst performing requirements elicitation, business process analysis, data profiling, source-to-target mapping, data validation, and complex SQL analysis in large enterprise or government environments. Proven ability to document BRDs, functional requirements, business rules, KPIs, data dictionaries, and data lineage while collaborating with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and reporting teams throughout the SDLC. Experience supporting data governance, gap analysis, UAT, and enterprise reporting/analytics initiatives with strong communication and facilitation skills

    Qualifications

    Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

    Years

    Required/Preferred

    Experience

    10

    Required

    Strong written and verbal communication skills; Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)

    8

    Required

    Experience as a Business Analyst/Business Data Analyst gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements in an enterprise IT environment, including state government or large enterprise settings following formal SDLC processes

    8

    Required

    Experience analyzing and documenting business processes, including current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) process flows and data flow diagrams

    8

    Required

    Experience performing data analysis and documentation, including profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements, definitions, and business rules

    8

    Required

    Extensive hands-on experience writing and interpreting SQL (complex queries, joins, aggregations) to perform data analysis, validation, and ad hoc investigation directly against relational databases

    8

    Required

    Demonstrated experience extensively engaging with business stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions

    8

    Required

    Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements documents and business requirement documents (BRDs) for technical teams

    8

    Required

    Experience defining and documenting business measures, metrics, and KPIs, and working with reporting/analytics teams to define report specifications and data sourcing requirements

    8

    Required

    Experience performing gap analysis between current business processes/data and desired future-state outcomes

    8

    Required

    Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including development of test scenarios/test cases based on documented requirements

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAustin, TX

    Skills

    • Acceptance Testingunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business Analysisunmatched
    • Business Processesunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Cost Analysisunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • Data Mappingunmatched
    • Data Processingunmatched
    • Data Profilingunmatched
    • Data Qualityunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Flexible Spending Accountsunmatched
    • Functional Requirements Document (FRD)unmatched
    • Gap Analysisunmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Health Insuranceunmatched
    • Industry Standardsunmatched
    • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
    • Life Insuranceunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Process Analysisunmatched
    • Process Engineeringunmatched
    • Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Reengineeringunmatched
    • Relational Databases (RDBMS)unmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
    • Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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