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JOB TITLE: IT BUSINESS ANALYST
Contractor Work Location: Remote
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Contract-Term of Engagement (Months): 12 months
COMPENSATION: $65/hr -$70/hour
Key Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for collecting, analyzing and documenting all business and functional requirements for development of a new Data Lake infrastructure in AWS Cloud environment.
2. Responsible for analyzing and providing all relevant documentation related to the needed infrastructure for establishing the Data Lake.
3. Responsible for supporting the most recent advancements in Business Analytics to ensure the system meets evolving business needs.
4. Responsible for Profiling new and existing data sources to help to help define and refine the data warehouse model
5. Responsible for working with QA resources on the project to assist in test planning to ensure quality and consistency within the data lake and Data Warehouse.
6. Responsible for gathering data governance requirements and ensuring implementation of data governance practices within the data lake Infrastructure
7. Responsible for collaborating with functional users to gather and define metadata for the Data Lake
Experience Skillset Required:
1. Three to five years relevant experience with BA/BS degree in related field, or one to three years relevant experience with MA/MS in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience in Business Analysis in an IT environment. 2. Demonstrated skills eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases/scenarios, and task/ workflow analysis.
3. Experience working with clients/project stakeholders to analyze data information needs and functional requirements, and developing documents as needed including functional requirements (business requirements document), project plans, use cases, process documents, workflow documents, and test plans.
4. Strong written and oral communication skills with an ability to facilitate meetings with cross-functional (technical and business users, volunteers).
5. Very strong understanding of business or technical process changes, implementations, and deployments, including vendor deployments.
6. Demonstrated knowledge of, and fluency in using Structured Query Language (SQL).
7. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to create and manipulate spreadsheets, use advanced formulas and functions (such as VLOOKUP, CONCAT and pivot tables), and perform data analysis to support business decision-making processes.
Preferred experience:
1. Strong analytical ability to understand user requirements and translate them into technical terms, develop quantitative status reports, and identify and quantify issues and risks.
2. Strong skills and fluency with Data Analysis, Data Lake Architecture and fundamentals, as well as data warehouse knowledge.
3. Experience with Agile project life cycle.
4. General knowledge of systems and processes within the higher education domain.
If you are interested in this ,please send updated resume to dana.more@akkodisgroup.com For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com. If you have questions about the position, please contact Dana More at dana.more@akkodisgroup.com
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