Business Analyst (W2 Only)

BA with data Profiling Skills: Experience Required: 3-5 years in project management or business analysis within the Life Sciences industry Required Skills & Qualifications • Proven experience in business analysis, data modeling, and metadata management. • Strong proficiency in Snowflake, SQL, and MicroStrategy. • Familiarity with Snowflake Cortex LLM or similar AI-powered metadata tools. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences. • Experience in life sciences or regulated industries preferred. Key Responsibilities: • Translate complex business requirements into scalable analytical solutions using SMART and MicroStrategy. • Design and maintain advanced analytics systems that simplify complex business problems into actionable frameworks. • Evaluate existing business processes and data flows to identify opportunities for optimization and automation. • Develop and maintain standardized metadata definitions across datasets, ensuring semantic clarity and consistency. • Use Snowflake Cortex LLM to automate metadata enrichment, generate intelligent data descriptions, and support natural language querying. • Build and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, to support enterprise-wide data literacy. • Create comprehensive documentation including business requirement documents (BRDs), training materials, and knowledge articles. • Collaborate with data stewards and governance teams to align metadata standards with enterprise policies. • Partner with project managers and business stakeholders to prioritize analytics needs and define critical KPIs. • Deliver actionable insights through BI dashboards and reports, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. • Oversee System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring data quality and completeness. • Use Snowflake SQL to extract, validate, and troubleshoot datasets during testing and deployment phases. • Maintain audit-ready documentation and support data governance initiatives. Cygnus Belief We believe in our commitment to diversity & inclusion. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Cygnus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All our employment decisions are taken without looking into age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other aspects of employment protected by federal, state, or local law. Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization & Cygnus does not offer any sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. Thanks & Regards Amit Kumar Cygnus Professionals 3490 US Highway 1 Princeton, NJ 08540 M: 732 485 0000 Ext 9057 or 609-566-6868 (Direct) F: (888) 900-6979 E: amit.k@cygnuspro.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-kumar-341290137/