Business Data Analyst

Allied Consultants•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 Busniness Data 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.

Requirements

7 Experience in requirements gathering and testing of web-based applications.
5 Experience in performing data analysis from databases using SQLs
5 Experience in creating mock-ups for user interfaces.
5 Experience creating requirement traceability matrix.
5 Experience writing test cases and test scripts.
5 Experience in testing of batch jobs and web services.

Nice To Haves

5 Preferred Working on projects following Agile Development Methodologies

Responsibilities

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.
Communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams on a technology migration project to define the scope, map data, translate business rules to technical specs, manage stakeholder expectations, and validate that data and functionality are correctly transferred/migrated, ensuring minimal business disruption and maximum data integrity.
Requirements Elicitation & Documentation: Identify, define, and document business and technical requirements for moving from legacy systems to new solutions.
Data Mapping & Transformation: Analyze data sources, identify data fields to be migrated, and map data from source to target systems.
Process Modeling: Document current-state (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) business processes.
Gap Analysis: Identify gaps between legacy functionality/data and the new system, proposing solutions for data cleansing or process adjustments.
Validation & Testing: Define test cases, validate data consistency, and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to verify successful migration.
Stakeholder Management: Facilitate workshops, communicate progress, and manage risks with business users and technical teams.
Documentation & Training: Create user manuals, functional specs, and support training materials for the new system.