VDOT - Master Data Analyst - Hybrid - Tekfortune Inc.
Richmond, VA 23219
About the Job
VDOT - Master Data Analyst - Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule - Candidate should be able to work onsite 3 days a week.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Business Integrated Solutions
Division (BISD) is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience
in data analytics to work as a key member of Business Analysis and Testing
Support 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. VDOT 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 pain points
" 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
" Elicit, record, and manage metadata
" Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows,
context diagrams and data flow diagrams
" Client and document requirements and userstories 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
" Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test
plans and test cases, and executing test cases
" 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
" Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
" 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)
" Experience with reporting systems operational data stores, data warehouses,
data lakes, data marts
" 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 Business Analysis
Professional (CBAP) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Certification
" Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
" Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking
" Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete
Hybrid Schedule - Candidate should be able to work onsite 3 days a week.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Business Integrated Solutions
Division (BISD) is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience
in data analytics to work as a key member of Business Analysis and Testing
Support 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. VDOT 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 pain points
" 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
" Elicit, record, and manage metadata
" Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows,
context diagrams and data flow diagrams
" Client and document requirements and userstories 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
" Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test
plans and test cases, and executing test cases
" 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
" Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
" 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)
" Experience with reporting systems operational data stores, data warehouses,
data lakes, data marts
" 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 Business Analysis
Professional (CBAP) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Certification
" Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
" Experience using Team Foundation Server and work item tracking
" Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete
Source : Tekfortune Inc.