ERP Business Analyst (BA) Associate - Data Quality with Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Assisting in defining the solutions to support identified metrics, as well as monitoring ERP data quality and availability using metrics and audits.
• Assisting in the review and development of data governance procedures and making recommendations for improvements to existing data standards and policies.
• Enforcing the business processes implemented for the organization's enterprise data management and data integration.
• Performing analysis by assessing the areas of impact of data issues from all levels of the enterprise.
• Aiding in the maintenance and sustainability of migration efforts and management of future migration requirements.
• Utilizing qualitative and quantitative techniques in analyzing and measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the data that will be used in support of business processes.
• Collecting requirements for the business project, analyzing them, and guiding the developmental team in optimizing their work.
• Documenting the projects by preparing functional specification documents and user guides for reference of the end users.
• Developing briefings and reports as requested by the customer.

Qualifications

• Follow policies, procedures and controls to ensure the proper creation, validation, storage, and integration of metadata.
• Review and assist in documentation and implementation processes and procedures for governing the identification, collection, and use of organizational metadata.
• Maintain the architecture, metadata standards, and user guides.
• Affirm the quality and timeliness of Metadata documentation through both automated and manual methods.
• Ensure Army and DoW business terms, business rules, business processes and associated metadata are documented and maintained in the government provided software application.
• Maintain backup and recovery mechanisms to guarantee the recoverability of metadata.
• Identify and document requirements necessary to extend the data management tools for use by other stakeholders.
• Identify, develop, and provide training and documentation in support of data policies, procedures and tools.
• Support the team in managing customer expectations and resolving issues on time.
• Perform business and technical presentations in relation to metadata and solutions addressing business problems.

Technology

• Maintain skill sets in the hardware/software (Vantage, Collibra, etc.) being used to accomplish customer tasks.
• Utilize data analysis tools to include Microsoft products to query and analyze data from databases and other data sources in support of customer data requests.
• Exhibit a range of technical knowledge including database, project management, scheduling, etc.
• Exhibit a range of technical knowledge including database querying, application development, project management, scheduling, etc.

Required Experience

• Army logistics background.
• Experience querying and analyzing data from various sources using tools such as SQL, Python, PySpark, Vantage, etc) to process large datasets in a distributed cluster.
• Ability to work in an ever-changing environment managing multiple tasks and projects.
• Must have initiative and strive for continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to participate in implementing innovative ideas, projects and business solutions.
• Communication and presentation skills to perform stakeholder management, resolution management, and facilitate Working Groups and IPTs.
• An understanding and awareness of ERP interfaces and dependencies.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Logistics Enterprise transformation to the ERP-dominated environment.
• Ability to articulate objectives of enterprise data quality management.

Required Education/Experience

• 8 years of Business Analyst experience, OR
• Master's degree and 2 years of Business Analyst experience, OR
• Bachelor's degree and 4 years of Business Analyst experience, OR
• Associate's degree and 6 years Business Analyst experience