MDM Data Analyst

Job Description:

• The end-client is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of the Data Management team.
• This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Responsibilities include analyzing problems, documenting business processes and data lifecycle, developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria and testing.
• The end-client is a fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency.
• This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes.
• Ongoing improvement and efficiency are a part of our culture, and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and data flows
• 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
• Conduct data attribute mapping back to the data source
• 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 user stories 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
• Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress

Qualifications:

Required:

• The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business data analysis artifacts
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology
• 5+ year of experience writing complex queries to analyze data
• Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into dataset requirements and user stories
• Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process
• Experience with enterprise data management
• Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
• 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

Preferred:

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
• Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete