IT Business Analyst – Data & Analytics

Your impact

We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst – Data & Analytics to support global technology initiatives focused on enterprise data platforms, including Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Data Fabric, and Advanced Analytics. This role will act as a critical liaison between business stakeholders, data product owners, and IT delivery teams, translating analytical and data-driven business needs into scalable, high-quality data solutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong Agile/Scrum and DevOps experience, deep exposure to data and analytics initiatives, and the ability to work effectively with global, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead for data and analytics initiatives, facilitating ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, data consumers, and product owners to elicit, analyze, document, and validate data and analytics requirements
• Lead stakeholder engagement to support data solution definition, prioritization, and delivery planning across analytics, reporting, and data platform initiatives

Data & Analytics Focus

• Translate business needs into data-centric functional and non-functional requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria for
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
  • Data Fabric / Data Integration platforms
  • Advanced analytics, BI, and reporting solutions
• Collaborate with data architects, data engineers, and analytics teams to ensure alignment between business objectives, data models, pipelines, and analytics outputs
• Support initiatives related to data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, and master/reference data
• Enable analytics use cases across finance and project-based business domains, including performance management, forecasting, and operational insights

Planning, Estimation & DevOps Collaboration

• Support estimation, roadmap planning, and backlog management for data and analytics products
• Work closely with DevOps and platform teams to support CI/CD for data pipelines, release planning, and deployment activities
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise data standards, security, and compliance requirement

Global Collaboration

• Work effectively with global IT and data teams across the US, India, and Australia, accommodating multiple time zones
• Facilitate clear communication between business, analytics, and technical teams in a distributed delivery model

Here's what you'll need

• Proven experience as an IT Business Analyst supporting data, analytics, or data platform initiatives in an agile environment
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile delivery frameworks, and DevOps practices
• Hands-on experience working with
  • Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW)
  • Data integration / data fabric concepts
  • BI, reporting, or advanced analytics solutions
• Experience supporting finance and project-based business analytics
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex business questions into actionable data and analytics requirements
• Demonstrated ability to work with distributed global teams across multiple regions and time zones
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills

Preferred

• Prior experience in contract-to-hire roles or similar transition models
• Scrum Master or Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, or equivalent)
• Experience working in large, matrixed or global organizations
• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent – MIS / Information systems

Benefits

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $120,000.00 to $145,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on March 19, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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