Business Analyst (Data Program)

Location: Kansas City, MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $50.00 $55.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

The Technology Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in the client's data transformation journey. This role focuses on bridging the gap between business priorities and technical implementation across data platforms, pipelines, and governance solutions. Partnering with Product Owners and delivery teams, the analyst will refine business stories into actionable technical requirements, enabling delivery of high-value, scalable data products. The position requires exceptional communication, technical fluency, and the ability to navigate complex business and IT landscapes to create alignment across stakeholders.

• Act as a liaison between the business stakeholders, product owners, and technical delivery teams translating concepts into language that is easily understood by both parties.
• Develop a fundamental understanding of your team's technical systems and your business stakeholders' processes.
• Elicit user and technical requirements for new initiatives and ad hoc requests from multiple internal business practices.
• Refine business requirements into detailed technical requirements and acceptance criteria for data pipelines, platform capabilities, and governance tooling.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to align requirements with platform standards, data mesh principles, and compliance needs.
• Support design of CI/CD pipelines, observability practices, and data transformation workflows.
• Ensure requirements support data-as-a-product and platform-as-a-product principles (scalability, reusability, security, compliance).
• Ensure projects stay on track towards deliverable commitments, occasionally completing trade-off analysis to influence product decisions.
• Apply critical thinking to troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively.

• Knowledge of agile development methodology and practices
• Ability to write technical acceptance criteria and partner closely with both product owners and engineers
• Familiarity with data platforms, data governance, and modern data stack tooling such as GCP, Confluent, Kafka, and Apigee
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence or other agile software

• Bachelor's degree or applicable years of experience in lieu of degree

• Minimum 4 years technical business analysis experience

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm that has been building critical infrastructure for more than 125 years. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and operating from 75 offices across the country and world, the firm has grown to more than 14,500 employee-owners generating over $7.4 billion in annual revenue serving sectors including energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare. Every full-time employee participates in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and genuine investment in outcomes. The firm earns a 4.2 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor across more than 1,800 reviews, has been named a Glassdoor Best Places to Work multiple years running, and employs teams spanning civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, program management professionals, and now technology roles including business analysts and data platform specialists.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-13768 Industry: Data & Analytics

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Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation (www.Chenega.com) with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.

We are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.

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