Business Systems Analyst (2 roles)

job summary:

Faster, Safer Onboarding: Shorten time-to-platform for Kafka/Artemis by front-loading governance and architecture diligence, reducing rework.

Risk Reduction at Scale: Catch design and data compliance issues early, preventing downstream incidents, audit findings, and costly retrofits.

Governance That Enables Delivery: Turn standards into actionable, right-sized checklists and templates-balancing control with speed.

AI-Accelerated Reviews: Apply AI thoughtfully to triage requests, summarize architectures, and surface governance gaps-boosting throughput and consistency.

Operational Clarity: Establish transparent intake paths, readiness criteria, and decision records so teams know exactly what "good" looks like.

Quality & Consistency: Improve data integrity and schema lifecycle hygiene across teams, strengthening reliability of event-driven solutions.

Cross-Team Alignment: Bridge platform, security, architecture, and product-ensuring designs are feasible, compliant, and value-driven.

Reusable Playbooks: Create repeatable artifacts that scale-reducing onboarding friction and enabling self-service where appropriate.

location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

job type: Contract

salary: $65 - 66 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• 3-5+ years in Business/Data Analysis, Data Governance, or Platform Enablement roles.
• Hands-on experience onboarding teams to data/streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) or messaging systems (e.g., Artemis or equivalent).
• Proven track record reviewing solution architectures and integration patterns for data quality, security, and compliance risks.
• Experience facilitating data governance processes (metadata, lineage, classification, stewardship, retention, and access controls).
• Background working with cross-functional teams (platform engineering, security, architecture, and product).
• Familiarity with regulated environments and enterprise data standards (e.g., SOX, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, CCPA-depending on context).
• Experience using AI/ML tools to automate or enhance data governance activities (e.g., policy mapping, metadata extraction, anomaly detection).
• Exposure to event-driven architectures, pub/sub design, and schema management (e.g., Confluent Schema Registry or equivalent).
• Experience building or maintaining documentation, workflows, and playbooks for platform onboarding and governance reviews.

qualifications:

Architecture & Pattern Analysis: Ability to interpret solution diagrams, sequence flows, and integration designs; spot gaps, anti-patterns, and noncompliance early.

Data Governance & Risk: Strong grasp of data classification, lineage, ownership/stewardship, access provisioning, retention, encryption, and audit requirements.

Kafka & Artemis Fundamentals: Understanding of topics/queues, producers/consumers, partitions, DLQs, schema evolution, and message durability and security.

AI for Governance: Proficiency using AI to accelerate governance tasks-summarizing designs, generating control checklists, mapping metadata, and surfacing anomalies.

Process Design & Enablement: Build repeatable intake processes, readiness checklists, and decision logs that scale across teams.

Stakeholder Management: Translate technical constraints into business risk, align with platform standards, and drive clear decisions.

Data Analysis & Validation: Use SQL and data profiling tools to verify data quality, schema compatibility, and downstream impacts.

Documentation Excellence: Create crisp artifacts-architecture review notes, governance assessments, onboarding guides, and FAQs.

Tooling & Platforms: Comfortable with Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence/SharePoint, data catalog/lineage tools, and CI/CD-adjacent workflows for governance.

Communication & Facilitation: Lead design reviews, run working sessions, and coach teams through remediation with an enablement mindset.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.