Business Analyst 3 – Data Quality & Analytics | Austin, TX Onsite | 8+ Years Data Analysis Experience

**Location:** Austin, Texas **Duration:** September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2027 (up to 2,008 hours; renewable for up to three one-year optional renewals) **Hours:** Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (excluding state holidays); may require work outside normal business hours on weekends, evenings, and holidays as requested **Interview Mode:** In person **Overview** A Texas state agency is seeking a senior business data quality analyst to serve as a critical liaison between technical IT and non-technical program staff working with complex technical data sources. This role supports the development of an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) system under the Performance Management & Analytics System (PMAS) using an agile methodology. The ideal candidate has strong analytical and SQL skills, a deep understanding of health and human services programs and data, a strong history of data profiling across multiple data domains, and exceptional communication abilities to bridge the gap between technical data systems and operational users in the emerging context of AI. **Key Responsibilities** - Work with program areas, project sponsors, and system SMEs to understand data domains and common data quality issues - Explain technical findings and data limitations in simple, non-technical language to end-users and leadership - Extract, integrate, and analyze sample data from multiple complex internal and external sources to support analytics needs - Collaborate with end-users and performance analysts or IT internal leaders to create visualizations showing data quality profiles for constantly emerging analytics needs - Provide subject matter expertise on validating output from AI, particularly with respect to identifying and mitigating hallucinations - Ensure all data outputs adhere to agency reporting standards, data governance, and compliance regulations - Champion data quality literacy across the organization by developing and conducting training sessions for non-technical staff - Create clear, comprehensive documentation and tutorials on using glossary tools for data synthesis - Promote a data-driven culture by enabling and empowering all employees to effectively utilize data profiling tools and AI - Work closely with data engineering, IT, and program teams to troubleshoot data-related issues and address inconsistencies and mitigation strategies - Provide expert guidance to program staff on interpreting data trends and answering complex data questions - Stay up to date on new AI and data quality tools and techniques to continuously improve data analytics, data quality, and reporting - Develop and refine effective AI prompts and query strategies to retrieve and synthesize data accurately from complex data domains - Guide non-technical users in crafting precise prompts to get the data they need, ensuring fidelity and accuracy - Develop a library of standardized prompts and query templates for common reporting needs **Required Qualifications** - 8+ years of experience gathering business requirements and translating complex data acquisitions and operational requirements into clear, actionable access paths for data profiling for complex analytics - 8+ years of experience explaining technical findings and data limitations in simple, non-technical language to end-users and leadership - 8+ years of experience in a complex data analysis, senior business/systems analyst, and/or data liaison role - 8+ years of strong experience with SQL for data extraction, data profiling, manipulation, and enrichment - 8+ years of experience collaborating with end-users and performance analysts or IT internal leaders to create and validate data profiles for analytics development and business data lineage analysis - 8+ years of excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills **Preferred Qualifications** - 5+ years of experience with Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse - 5+ years of experience acting as the primary point of contact for program staff with data profiling needs for analytics projects - 5+ years of experience working in a health and human services or similarly regulated environment, with a strong understanding of agency data domains - 5+ years of experience with data governance and data quality principles - 5+ years of experience with data profiling tools such as Snowflake Cortex or Toad - 2+ years of experience championing data literacy across the organization - 2+ years of experience training and mentoring staff with varying levels of data literacy - 1+ year of experience with AI prompt development **Work Location & Requirements** - Primary work location is 4601 W. Guadalupe, Texas 78751 - Position is onsite at the location listed above (no remote work) - Local candidates only; must already reside in Texas (out-of-state candidates planning to move will not be accepted) - Any and all travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses shall be at the candidate's and/or vendor's expense - Must sign an Acceptable Use Agreement as a condition of employment - Must sign and return an Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contractor Integrity Agreement before a purchase order is issued - Must sign and return an Information Security Cybersecurity Training Acknowledgement before a purchase order is issued - Must undergo a criminal history investigation conducted within six months prior to the issuance of any purchase order