Business Analyst 3 – Metadata & Data Governance | Austin, TX Onsite | 8+ Years Metadata 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 Analyst 3 to serve as a Metadata Ingestion Analyst and critical liaison between technical IT and non-technical program staff. This role supports the development of an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) system under the Performance Management & Analytics System (PMAS) using agile methodology. The ideal candidate will empower staff to effectively determine business and technical glossary definitions for agency reporting and strategic decision-making, bridging 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 connect EIM cataloging and lineage systems to source systems in IT - Automate regular collection and updates to agency metadata for high-value data assets - Explain technical findings and data limitations in simple, non-technical language to end-users - Extract, integrate, and analyze metadata from multiple complex internal and external sources to support program needs - Collaborate with end-users and performance analysts or IT internal leaders to create visualizations for enrichment progress and official reporting - 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 glossary 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 metadata and AI - Work closely with data engineering, IT, and program teams to troubleshoot metadata-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 metadata analysis tools and techniques to continuously improve data glossaries, data quality, and reporting - Develop and refine effective AI prompts and query strategies to retrieve and synthesize metadata accurately from complex data domains - Guide non-technical users in crafting precise prompts to get the glossary 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 metadata acquisitions and operational requirements into clear, actionable access paths for data glossaries 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, manipulation, and enrichment - 8+ years of experience collaborating with end-users and performance analysts or IT internal leaders to create and validate glossaries 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 metadata/glossary 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 metadata requirements - 5+ years of experience with data governance and data quality principles - 5+ years of experience with data glossary tools such as Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) and Axon Data Governance - 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** - Position is onsite at 4601 W. Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78751 (no remote work) - Local candidates only; must already reside in Texas - All travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses are at the candidate'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 submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law - Must comply with the agency Data Use Agreement