Job Description

.VDOT SR Data Analyst.
Maximum Vendor Submittal Rate is $$$/hr.
3 days a week on site.
LOCAL RICHMOND, VA candidates only.

**Local Richmond, VA candidates ONLY required due to onsite requirement
**This position requires onsite 3 days a week with 2 remote
**Contractor will be responsible for purchasing parking through VDOT s Parking Management Office or procuring their own parking

VDOT SR Data Analyst

1. Master Data Analyst

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a Master Data Analyst with demonstrated experience in data analytics to work as a key member of Enterprise Data Asset team. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) to analyze datasets to be made available in a cloud-based data management platform that will support the agency to produce master data with data governance.

Responsibilities include analyzing source systems which contain a spatial component for candidate datasets; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing strategies. 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 source system datasets and data lifecycle
Profile source data which may contain a spatial component; 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
Discover and document requirements and user stories 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

Exceptional experience writing complex sql queries for Sql Server and Oracle

Experience with Azure Databricks

Experience with ESRI ArcGIS

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)
Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience
Advanced understanding of data integrations. Strong knowledge of database architectures	Required	10	Years
Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and other data consumers within the business in an attempt to gather and populate data	Required	10	Years
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, Ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally	Required	10	Years
Ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts, Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects	Required	10	Years
Experience with key data warehousing architectures including Kimball and Inmon, and has a broad experience designing solutions using a broad set of da	Required	10	Years
expertise in Data Factory v2,Data Lake Store, Data Lake Analytics, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Synapse	Required	10	Years
strong SQL scripting skills	Required	10	Years
strong skills conducting spatial data analysis	Required	10	Years

Questions

No. Question
Question1	Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment?
Question2	Please list candidate's email address.
Question3	Is the candidate available to work in Richmond, VA at least 3 daty/wk? This is REQUIRED
Question4	How soon after an offer can your candidate start?

Job Tags

For contractors, Local area, Offshore, Flexible hours, 3 days per week,

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