ROLE: Business Analyst
dallas/Irving, tx or Jacksonville, fl.
6 Months
location specific: required hybrid attendance 3x a week from client office in dallas/irving, tx or jacksonville, fl.
Must have 7+ yrs of closely applicable work experience. Required hybird attendance 3x a week from client office in dallas/irving, tx or jacksonville, fl.
Expected minimum duration of 6 months, w/ very strong possibility of extentsion based on performance.
Preferred qualifications: banking & capital maketing industry experience, specifically in the fraud domain. Working knowledge of enterprise etl/elt data warehousing concepts with direct exposure to "ab initio", informatica, or other legacy etl tools/software.
RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The Business Analyst bridges business stakeholders and the delivery team during the migration off legacy ETL platforms (Ab Initio, Informatica) onto the target data architecture. The BA owns requirements capture, current-state mapping, and traceability from legacy job logic through to target-state design, and is a primary interface for UAT and release sign-off.
• Elicit and document business and functional requirements for data pipeline migration and modernization workstreams, working directly with business sponsors and source-system owners.
• Reverse-engineer and document existing Ab Initio / Informatica job logic, mappings, and business rules as the basis for target-state requirements.
• Translate legacy ETL transformation logic into clear, testable functional specifications for the engineering and architecture teams.
• Build and maintain requirements traceability matrices linking legacy logic, target design, and test cases.
• Facilitate requirements walkthroughs, scenario workshops, and sign-off sessions with Business Analysts, Business Sponsors, and Testing teams.
• Support End-to-End (ETE) testing scoping, working with the Test Architect to confirm ETE scenarios and readiness ahead of UAT.
• Maintain the Project Scope and Feature documentation (PTS / Confluence) and keep it aligned with evolving requirements.
• Assist in production readiness and defect triage by clarifying intended business behavior against JIRA-tracked defects.
• Support change impact analysis when release scope or timelines shift.
• 7+ years as a Business Analyst on data-intensive or platform-migration programs.
• Working familiarity with ETL/ELT concepts; direct exposure to Ab Initio, Informatica, or similar legacy ETL tooling strongly preferred.
• Experience writing functional specifications and traceability documentation for data transformation logic.
• Comfortable working with JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr (or equivalent test management tooling).
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills; able to run workshops with both business and technical audiences.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
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