Senior Business Data Analyst – SQL & Enterprise Analytics

About the role

The client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Data Analyst to support complex enterprise technology, data, and reporting initiatives within a large public-sector environment. This is a hybrid Business Analyst + Data Analyst position. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable leading requirements discussions with business stakeholders and working hands-on with complex SQL, data profiling, validation, source-to-target mapping, business rules, KPIs, and data lineage. This is not a traditional Business Analyst position focused primarily on meetings and documentation. Strong hands-on SQL and data analysis experience are core requirements. The role is based in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and facilitated sessions.
• Analyze and document complex business and data requirements.
• Develop detailed Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and functional/data requirements for technical teams.
• Perform hands-on data analysis using advanced SQL.
• Profile and validate large datasets and investigate data-quality issues.
• Perform source-to-target mapping and document data transformations.
• Define data elements, definitions, business rules, and data dictionaries.
• Document data lineage and support enterprise data-governance initiatives.