Master Data Analyst

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a Master Data Analyst for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Richmond, VA

*This position is hybrid; 3 days will be onsite

Our client is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of Business Analysis and Testing Support team. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
• Analyzing problems; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing.
• Handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes.
• Develop expertise in the customers’ datasets and data lifecycle
• Profile source data; review source data and compare content and structure to dataset requirements; identify conflicts and determine recommendations for resolution
• Conduct entity resolution to identify matching and merging and semantic conflicts
• Elicit, record, and manage metadata
• Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
• Discover and document requirements and userstories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
• Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
• Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to data models and architectures to be used by internal staff to facilitate master data management
• Identify and group related user stories into themes, document dependencies and associated business processes
• Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
• Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
• Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions
• Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases
• Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress

Knowledge and Experience:

• The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business data analysis artifacts
• Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
• Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into dataset requirements and user stories
• Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process
• Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
• Experience with reporting systems – operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts
• The candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification (Preferred)
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) (Preferred)
• Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking (Preferred)
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete

Required Skills:

• 10 Years - Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• 5 Years - Experience with enterprise data management, data analysis, and data lifecycle
• 5 Years - Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology

This opportunity is available on a corp to corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.