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For more than three decades, Strategic Data Systems (SDS) has been a software consultancy firm specializing in strategy, technology, and business transformation for Fortune 100 companies, mid-sized firms, and startups. At SDS, we empower our development teams to address our clients' critical business challenges by leveraging cutting edge technologies. If you seek a workplace where your contributions are truly appreciated, then SDS is the company for you. Join us today to work alongside fellow development specialists and become a crucial part of our dynamic and cohesive community.
 
Job Title: Business Analyst - Data Engineer II
Location: Cincinnati, OH (Downtown)
Years of Experience: 5-20
Contract Length: 10/30/26
 
TOP SKILLS:
 
Must Have

• Data Analysis  
• DBT  
• Snowflake

 
What You'll Do
 
· Business Analyst with solid Data Engineering skillset
JOB DESCRIPTION
GENERAL FUNCTION: The data engineer/business analyst designs solutions that help the bank manage, secure, and generate value from its data. The person in this role creates scalable and reusable solutions for gathering, collecting, storing, processing, and serving data on both small and very large (i.e. Big Data) scales. These solutions can include on-premise and cloud-based data platforms, and solutions in any of the following domains ETL, business intelligence, analytics, persistence (relational, NoSQL, data lakes), search, messaging, data warehousing, stream processing, and machine learning. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to work independently, meet with line of business and ask questions to gain an understanding of their requirements. Critical thinking skills would then take those requirements and break them down into the lowest level what so that functional design can be completed.
-Ability to collaborate with team members that are more technical and communicate those requirements in a way that allows the tech team members to understand them and determine the proper technical design.
- Ability to create clear and complete Test Acceptance criteria and execute the testing to ensure accurate output during Unit and UAT.
- Capable of creating and executing SQL scripts for ETL/data testing.
-Conduct research and Development based on current trends and technologies related to the banking industry, data engineering and architecture, data security, and related topics.
- Ability to build CI/CD pipelines, Self-service Build tools, and automated deployment processes.
- Evaluate software products and Provide documented recommendations as needed.
- Provide Support and troubleshooting for data platforms. Must be willing to Provide escalated on-call Support for complicated and/or critical incidents.
- Plan and work on internal projects as needed, including legacy system replacement, Monitoring and analytics improvements, tool Development, and technical documentation.
- Provide guidance and mentoring for other team members.
- Manage and prioritize multiple assignments.
 
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES: None
 
MUST HAVE SKILLS
· Power BI
· Analytical
· SQL, 3-5 years
· Strong Communications Skills
· Able to run meetings
· Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
 
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS/Experience
· DataStage
 
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong communication skills- Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills when resolving data related issues or designing new solutions
- Technical skills - SQL (3-5 years of experience), DataStage (ETL), DBT, Snowflake, Python
- Conceptual understanding of one or more of the following disciplines preferred big data technologies and distributions, metadata management products, commercial ETL tools, Data Visualization and reporting tools, data warehousing, SQL, data testing, major cloud, or rest API design and development.
- Experienced in SDLC and can assist in Project Management. Able to understand release management protocols and manage important tasks for implementation.
 
What You'll Get
 
SDS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
 

• Competitive base salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Optional life and disability insurance provided
• 401(k) with a company match and optional profit sharing
• Paid vacation time
• Paid Bench time
• Training allowance offering
• You'll be eligible to earn referral bonuses!

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