Senior Data Analyst (ONLY ON W2) @ St. Louis, MO - 12 Months with EXT - Remote Role

Remote Role Virtual Interviews Position: Senior Data Analyst Location: St. Louis, MO Duration: 12 Months with EXT ONLY ON W2! Note: • The two biggest needs are data mapping, large numbers of data tables, and solid communication skills. • This candidate will be interacting with many different teams within IT. • experience mapping large data sets with 100+ tables at one time! Job Description: • As a Senior Software Analyst on the Cloud Data Engineering team, the candidate will be responsible for evaluating business requests to determine feasibility, identifying options, and recommending solutions for software development or enhancements. • The candidate will assist with interpreting customer requirements into conceptual and logical design specifications. • Candidate will play a role in shaping product design by gathering, interpreting, reviewing, validating, documenting, and maintaining business and functional requirements across the client’s data environment to support product development. • This will also include using SQL queries to perform gap/risk analysis and functional testing to support the client’s products. • At times, the candidate will provide support and troubleshoot the team’s applications and products. • Candidate will assist with developing interfaces and prototypes, recommending changes to meet requirements, and researching and documenting application/service issues. • Candidate will be in a position to provide instruction and guidance to less senior team members on new tasks and assignments. • Additionally, the candidate will be involved in data mapping. • This is essential for various data management tasks, such as data migration, integration, transformation, and warehousing. • In this role, the candidate will be asked to research and present information in response to questions related to business standards. • Candidate may participate in testing, identifying potential problems, and researching opportunities to minimize complexity. • Candidate will actively investigate, interpret, collaborate, understand, and document the application/service functionality from the business perspective. • It is imperative that the candidate acknowledge and interpret the business goals, objectives, and report improvements through system enhancements, process improvements, and issue resolution. • To be successful, candidates will need to demonstrate strong personal ownership and accountability, relationship management, team building, organization, prioritization, problem-solving, change management, and executive-level written and oral communication. Required: • Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities • 3 plus years of related experience • 3 plus years of SQL experience • Experience in data mapping and data validation • Experience working with Agile methodology or KANBAN • Strong knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint Point and Visio 2010 • Basic knowledge of JIRA/Confluence or another Project Tracking System • Familiarity with regression testing, release testing, and/or troubleshooting system issues • Experience complying with data security standards and working with client-wide systems • Must be organized with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and adhere to timelines • Must have strong attention to detail and the ability to document both system design information and processes • Ability to identify root cause and conduct initial investigation into problems as they arise • Must have proven experience in communicating and collaborating with all levels of management • Ability to partner with software development team members to communicate a detailed understanding of requirements • Ability to clearly define and create detailed documentation to describe complex business processes to the lowest level • Ability to validate that new software releases are production-ready and provide documentation for them to end users • Consistently demonstrates personal ownership of tasks, projects, and job performance Preferred: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred • Experience with SQL on Teradata, Oracle, and/or SQL Server • Experience with API requirements analysis and design • Experience with or willingness to learn new cloud technologies