End-to-End Business Analyst with Data Warehouse & Jira

Job Title: End-to-End Business Analyst with Data Warehouse & Jira Location: Hy-brid ( Austin, TX) Job Type: Contract VISA - USC only Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic End-to-End Business Analyst with a proven track record of managing projects from inception to completion. The ideal candidate will serve as the crucial link between business stakeholders and technical teams, especially within the context of data warehousing. You will be responsible for gathering requirements, creating comprehensive data mapping documents, and using Jira to manage project backlogs, workflows, and reporting. Responsibilities • Stakeholder management: Build and maintain strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including business users, executives, data engineers, and BI developers, to gather and validate project requirements. • Requirements analysis: Elicit, document, and manage detailed functional and non-functional requirements for data-focused projects, translating complex business needs into clear and actionable technical specifications. • Data mapping: Lead the creation of detailed data mapping documents for data warehouse projects. This includes identifying source and target systems, defining transformation logic, and ensuring data integrity and quality throughout the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process. • Jira management: Drive project delivery by managing the product backlog in Jira, creating and prioritizing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and collaborating with the Agile team during sprint planning. • Process improvement: Analyze existing business processes and data flows to identify inefficiencies and recommend data-driven solutions for optimization and process enhancement. • Solution implementation: Work with IT and development teams to ensure solutions are designed and implemented correctly. You will also participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate that deliverables meet business requirements. • Communication and reporting: Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications, providing regular updates to stakeholders on project progress, risks, and milestones, often leveraging Jira's reporting dashboards. • Documentation: Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and process flows, in platforms like Confluence. Skills and qualifications • Experience: [Specify number] years of experience as a Business Analyst, with significant experience in data-centric projects and data warehousing. • Technical expertise: Proficiency in SQL is highly preferred for querying and analyzing data. • Tooling proficiency: Advanced skills with Jira for backlog management, workflow customization, and reporting. Familiarity with other Agile tools like Confluence is a plus. • Methodology: Solid understanding of Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and traditional software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies. • Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical audiences. • Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail. • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.