Business Data Analyst

Work Location Candidates must be local to Austin, TX or surrounding areas. • • Office Location: 701 W 51st St, Austin, Texas 78751 Hybrid, 3 days remote with 2 days onsite (Mon & Tues). Job Description We are currently seeking a contract Business Data Analyst to be a key resource on a technical services team for our client, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). 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. Job Duties: • 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. Qualifications Minimum Requirements (Required): 7 years of: • Experience in requirements gathering and testing of web-based applications. 5 years of: • Experience in performing data analysis from databases using SQLs • Experience in creating mock-ups for user interfaces. • Experience creating requirement traceability matrix. • Experience writing test cases and test scripts. • Experience in testing of batch jobs and web services. Preferred (Optional): 5 years of: • Working on projects following Agile Development Methodologies Company Overview Allied Consultants has been contracted with the Texas State Government for 34 years, we are a Top Ten ranked vendor, and premier provider of technical and business staffing solutions. Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan. Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check. Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.