Data Business Analyst
Fully Remote
3-6 month initial Contract (Outside IR35)
February Start
Overview
We’re supporting a Data Consultancy who is seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst to support the delivery of large-scale, Azure-based data initiatives.
This role sits within multi-disciplinary delivery teams focused on modern data platforms, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. The successful candidate will be a data-focused Technical BA, capable of operating between business stakeholders and technical teams, with sufficient technical depth to engage credibly on data and platform discussions, without being hands-on at an engineering level.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, product owners, and technical delivery teams
- Elicit, analyse, and document functional and non-functional requirements for data and analytics initiatives
- Translate business needs into clear technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Work closely with Data Engineers, Architects, and Analytics teams across Azure data platforms
- Support initiatives involving data ingestion, transformation, analytics, and AI-enabled use cases
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and backlog refinement sessions
- Ensure alignment between business objectives, technical solutions, and delivery outcomes
- Support UAT planning, execution, and defect triage
- Produce and maintain high-quality documentation including:
- Process flows
- Data mappings
- Solution and platform overviews
Required Experience & Skills
- Proven experience working as a Technical Business Analyst on data-led programmes
- Strong understanding of modern data platforms and data architectures
- Hands-on experience working within Microsoft Azure environments
- Familiarity with technologies such as, Databricks & Microsoft Fabric, Data lakes, data warehouses, and analytics platforms
- Ability to engage confidently with technical teams on:
- Data pipelines and ingestion patterns
- Reporting and analytics use cases
- AI and advanced analytics concepts (at a conceptual level)
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience working within Agile / Scrum delivery environments
- Ability to produce clear documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to AI / Machine Learning initiatives from a requirements or delivery perspective
- Experience working in consulting or client-facing delivery environments
- Background supporting enterprise-scale data transformation programmes
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and security considerations