Business Systems Analyst Jobs in Jersey City, NJ

INTRODUCTION

We are seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst (BSA) with a strong background in data engineering projects. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and data technical teams, ensuring that data-driven solutions meet business requirements efficiently and accurately.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements Gathering Analysis:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document data-related requirements
• Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications for data engineering teams
• Define data use cases, KPIs, and business rules

Data Engineering Project Support:

• Work closely with Data Engineers on ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, and data warehousing solutions
• Understand and document data flows, data mappings, and source-to-target transformations
• Support development teams in implementing scalable and optimized data architectures

Stakeholder Management:

• Act as a liaison between business users, data engineers, and IT teams
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and requirement walkthroughs
• Ensure alignment between business expectations and delivered solutions

Documentation Data Governance:

• Create and maintain:
• Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
• Functional Specification Documents (FSDs)
• Data dictionaries and metadata documentation
• Ensure compliance with data governance, data quality, and security standards

Testing Validation:

• Define test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria
• Participate in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and validate output against business requirements
• Support defect resolution and data validation efforts

Reporting Insights:

• Collaborate with BI teams to deliver dashboards, reports, and analytics solutions
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and usability for reporting

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills Experience:

Core Skills:

• Strong understanding of Business Analysis methodologies
• Experience in Data Engineering/Data Warehousing projects
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Informatica, Talend, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue)

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in SQL for data analysis and validation
• Understanding of data modeling concepts (Star Schema, Snowflake)
• Familiarity with Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) is a plus
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Data Skills:

• Data mapping, lineage, and transformation logic
• Strong grasp of data quality frameworks and data validation
• Experience with data lakes and data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)

Tools:

• JIRA, Azure DevOps for tracking
• Visio, Lucidchart for data flow diagrams
• Excel, Power BI, Tableau for analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 8 years of experience as a BSA or Business Analyst with exposure to data engineering projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Understanding of API integrations and data services
• Exposure to data governance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, data privacy regulations)

Key Competencies:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Attention to detail and data accuracy focus
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams

COMPENSATION

• The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $37.56/hour - $58.69/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

LOCATION

Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States (On-site)

Contract: 1 month 30 days

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.