Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data Governance #3329
Job Location:
Dallas, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
26 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Contract Length: 12 months potential extension
Location: Dallas Texas Hybrid (3-4 days onsite downtown Dallas) **Only accepting LOCAL DFW candidates**
This position does not support third-party submissions subcontracting or Corp-to-Corp (C2C) arrangements.
We are seeking a VERY Senior Technical Business Analyst to support data-driven projects across the organization. The ideal candidate will connect business stakeholders data governance and technical teams driving clarity documentation and alignment throughout the project lifecycle. This role requires someone who can challenge ambiguous requirements identify gaps validate solutions and escalate risks early while working closely with BAs PMs and Agile teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business or a related field
- 5 years of Technical Business Analyst experience in data-centric and Agile environments
- 4 years working within Agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban
- Strong hands-on SQL skills (Oracle and SQL Server required; MongoDB or other NoSQL a plus)
- 4 years of data analysis profiling and troubleshooting including independent data validation
- Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) tools preferably Abinitio MDM
- Proven experience supporting Data Governance or Data Stewardship initiatives
- Experience with BRDs TDDs and Data Lineage documentation
- Experience documenting acceptance criteria source-to-target mapping transformation logic and data ownership
- Experience maintaining requirements traceability from business requirements through technical design and testing
- Experience creating and maintaining process flows using Visio
- Proficiency with Agile tools including JIRA and Confluence
- Some experience working in a regulated environment with audit and compliance requirements
- Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive decisions
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate with senior stakeholders
- Highly detail-oriented proactive and collaborative mindset
Key Responsibilities
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with business and technical stakeholders for Data Management projects
- Translate business needs into clear technical requirements BRDs JIRA tickets and TDDs
- Define acceptance criteria and maintain requirements traceability through design and testing
- Provide Technical Design Documents and ensure they align with approved business requirements
- Maintain Data Lineage documentation including source-to-target mapping transformation logic and data ownership
- Serve as a primary liaison between business users and data management teams
- Facilitate requirements design and status meetings; track action items to completion
- Create groom and track JIRA epics stories and tasks while ensuring accurate status reporting
- Track delivery progress and proactively identify risks scope changes dependencies and potential delays
- Validate that technical designs satisfy documented business requirements and identify gaps before delivery
- Support Data Governance and Stewardship including data quality lineage and metadata
- Support audit and compliance requests through accurate requirements and lineage documentation
- Assist PMs with release coordination stakeholder communications and post-release validation
- Communicate status risks and blockers to technical and non-technical stakeholders including leadership
- Collaborate with other BAs and PMs while managing multiple concurrent initiatives and competing priorities
This role is ideal for a strategic technically strong and proactive analyst who can bridge the gap between business and technology. If youre someone who can ask the right questions challenge assumptions and drive clarity and accountability across complex data initiatives wed love to hear from you!
Genius Road LLCis proud to be a Certified Womens Business Enterprise an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Genius Road is a certified women-owned, boutique technical, telecom and executive recruiting firm based in Dallas, Texas.