Preferred Skills/Experience 10 Strong written and verbal communication skills; Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience) 8 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 Experience analyzing and documenting business processes, including current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) process flows and data flow diagrams 8 Experience performing data analysis and documentation, including profiling, validation, and documentation of data elements, definitions, and business rules 8 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 Demonstrated experience extensively engaging with business stakeholders to elicit, clarify, and validate requirements through workshops, interviews, and facilitated sessions 8 Experience translating business requirements into functional/data requirements documents and business requirement documents (BRDs) for technical teams 8 Experience defining and documenting business measures, metrics, and KPIs, and working with reporting/analytics teams to define report specifications and data sourcing requirements 8 Experience performing gap analysis between current business processes/data and desired future-state outcomes 8 Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including development of test scenarios/test cases based on documented requirements . 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.