Technical Business Analyst

Location: Sydney NSW (Remote)

Job Type: Contract Experience: 7 years

Eligibility: Australian Citizens / PR holders only

Our client is looking for an experienced Technical Business Analyst (Data) to join a high-performing data and analytics team on a contract basis. You will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical data teams translating business needs into clear well-defined data requirements mappings and specifications that engineers architects and analysts can build against.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is equally comfortable in a workshop with senior stakeholders and in a SQL editor profiling source data. You will shape data solutions end to end from discovery and requirements through to testing and delivery.

• Engage with business and technical stakeholders to elicit analyze and document data and reporting requirements
• Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications user stories and acceptance criteria
• Perform source system analysis and data profiling using SQL to assess data quality structure and completeness
• Produce source-to-target mappings data dictionaries business glossaries and data lineage documentation
• Work closely with data engineers data architects and BI developers to design and deliver data pipelines data models and reports
• Define and validate business rules transformation logic and data quality checks
• Support data migration integration and data warehouse / Lakehouse initiatives
• Plan and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including preparing test cases and validating outputs against requirements
• Identify data gaps risks and dependencies and recommend practical solutions
• Support data governance metadata management and data privacy practices
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement sprint planning and show-and-tells
• Provide clear status updates and manage stakeholder expectations throughout delivery

• 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst with a strong focus on data analytics or data platform projects
• Strong SQL skills for querying profiling validating and reconciling data
• Proven experience writing source-to-target mappings and data transformation specifications
• Solid understanding of data warehousing data modelling (dimensional relational) and ETL / ELT concepts
• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms (for example Azure AWS Snowflake Databricks or Microsoft Fabric)
• Experience gathering requirements for BI and reporting solutions (for example Power BI Tableau or similar)
• Strong knowledge of data quality data governance and metadata management principles
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments
• Excellent documentation skills including BRDs FRDs user stories process flows and data models
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

• Experience with data catalogue or governance tools (for example Microsoft Purview Collibra or Alation)
• Familiarity with transformation tools such as dbt Azure Data Factory or similar orchestration tooling
• Working knowledge of Python for data analysis
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Exposure to data migration programs or large-scale data platform modernisation
• Industry experience in financial services government utilities retail or similar data-rich sectors
• Relevant certifications (for example CBAP IIBA-CBDA Azure Data Fundamentals or similar)