Your Role and Responsibilities
Are you looking for an opportunity to influence, impact and inspire change?
As Business Analyst / Data Analyst , you will be sharing the responsibility for providing the team with clarity of vision. You will understand the value of having an end-to-end understanding of how the business operates and the role that data plays in this. You're an aspiring leader who can define and communicate the meaning of the work we do, and relate it back to business results.
Our teams embrace Agile culture in delivering business value frequently and iteratively. In order to be successful in this role, you will have a successful track record in the following areas:
- Perform data analyst functions using SQL to query data needed from database directly
- Perform analysis of source system artifacts including process flows, data flows, data dictionaries, and data schemas to draft a target state data dictionary and identify data patterns that will serve as primary inputs of the data modeling
- Use analytical thinking leveraging data to deliver actionable insights that impact daily business decisions
- Present compelling business cases that influence decision makers
- Work effectively as part of a software development team
- Take a complex system or process, break it up into its constituent pieces, and make suggestions of how to optimize and innovate
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate experience of Agile methodologies, including Scrum
- Exhibit great planning and organizational skills, time management, and ability to handle and prioritize your own workload
- Work to urgent deadlines and manage changing requirements
Candidate must live within 300 miles of Buffalo NY. Travel is typically related to knowledge transfer and training at the client site (Monday thru Friday). POST COVID you are expected to travel up to 75% of the time to meet our client needs across the US.
BENEFITS
Health Insurance. Paid time off. Corporate Holidays. Sick leave. Family planning. Financial Guidance. Competitive 401K. Training and Learning. We continue to expand our benefits and programs, offering some of the best support, guidance and coverage for a diverse employee population.
CAREER GROWTH
Our goal is to be essential to the world, which starts with our people. Company wide we kicked off an internal talent strategy program called Go Organic. At our core, we are committed to believing and investing in our workforce through:
Skill Development: helping our employees grow their foundational skills
Finding the Dream Career at IBM: navigating our company with the potential for many careers by channeling an employee's strengths and career aspirations
Diversity of People: Diversity of thought driving collective innovation
In 2015, Go Organic filled approximately 50% of our open positions with internal talent that were promoted into the role.
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
With an employee population of 375,000 in over 170 countries, amazingly we connect, collaborate, and care. IBMers drive a corporate culture of shared responsibility. We love grand challenges and everyday improvements for our company and for the world. We care about each other, our clients, and the communities we live, work, and play in!
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Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- 3+ years experience as Data / Business Analyst or similar in IT software projects, operating in large scale complex enterprise
- 3+ years experience in gathering and analyzing complex requirements from multiple stakeholders in enterprise setting
- 3+ years experience with full software life cycle, including working with Developers and Designers in translating business requirements as well as maintaining product backlogs
- 3+ years experience in data analysis to generate meaningful insights from large data sets, including working with big data
- Proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), as well as statistical programming (ie, R [preferred], SAS, STATA, SPSS, etc.)
- Ability to acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain data systems
- Experience identifying, analyzing and interpreting trends or patterns in complex data sets
- Ability to filter and "clean" data to locate and correct code problems
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
• Experience with Design thinking methods and Agile framework methods• Experience using modern collaboration tools in a highly responsive environment• Deliver high levels of customer satisfaction, addressing business problems and questioning assumptions• Highly motivated and productive, an entrepreneurial self-starter• Demonstrable experience coaching junior members of your teams
Location Statement
IBM offers a wide range of resources for eligible IBMers to thrive both inside and outside of work. In addition to a competitive benefits program consisting of medical and life insurance, retirement plans, and time off, eligible employees may also have access to:
• 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. Family care options are also available to support eligible employees during COVID-19.• World-class training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform. IBM's learning culture supports your restless attitude to grow your skills and build the depth and scale of knowledge needed to achieve your career goals.• Well-being programs to support mental and physical health.• Financial programs that empower you to plan, save, and manage your money (including expert financial counseling, 401(k), IBM stock discount, etc.).• Select educational reimbursement opportunities.• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can network and connect with IBMers across the globe.• Giving and volunteer programs to benefit charitable organizations and local communities.• Discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Introduction
Are you looking for a career that will allow you to use your unique blend of business acumen and tech savvy? Business Analysts at IBM are subject matter experts that build the bridge between our business and our clients, immersing themselves into the market to understand problems and find innovative solutions. Be ready to navigate the complex relationships that make the business world run and find the actionable insights that result in great business decisions.
Your Life @ IBM
Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world's most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it's time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.
Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change - to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.
It's time to define your career.
About Business Unit
IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.
About IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM Vaccination Policy
This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date, where legally permissible. Proof of vaccination status will be required. If you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical, pregnancy or religious reasons, we offer accommodations in accordance with applicable law.