Technical Business Analyst (Data)

Technical Business Analyst (Data)Location: Sydney, NSW (Remote) Job Type: Contract Experience: 7+ years Eligibility: Australian Citizens / PR holders onlyAbout the RoleOur 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.

Key Responsibilities

- 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

Essential Skills and Experience

- 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

Desirable Skills

- 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)

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