Job Title: Senior Business Data Analyst Location: Irving, TX, USA Department: Data & Analytics / Cloud Transformation Job Type: W2 About the Role: We are seeking a Senior Business Data Analyst with strong expertise in cloud-based data transformation and a proven ability to build and manage stakeholder relationships across business and technology teams. The ideal candidate will play a key role in driving the migration of on-premise legacy and mainframe systems to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while ensuring alignment between business objectives, data strategy, and technical implementation. This role requires a strategic thinker with a blend of analytical acumen, communication excellence, and hands-on experience in multi-cloud data ecosystems. Key Responsibilities: • Serve as the primary liaison between business units, data engineering, and cloud architecture teams. • Partner with senior stakeholders to understand business goals, data needs, and transformation priorities. • Translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable data initiatives. • Facilitate regular cross-functional meetings, updates, and governance reviews. • Support and guide the migration of legacy on-prem/mainframe data systems to GCP, ensuring business continuity and data integrity. • Collaborate with engineering teams to design and validate data pipelines, mappings, and quality frameworks. • Assist in defining and documenting data lineage, metadata, and governance standards across multiple cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) • Perform data-driven analysis to uncover opportunities for process improvement and business value creation. • Develop business cases, impact assessments, and value realization tracking for cloud transformation projects. • Ensure all analytical outputs and data solutions align with enterprise data strategy and compliance requirements. • Work closely with project managers, data architects, and business sponsors to ensure timely delivery of milestones. • Contribute to continuous improvement of business data processes and analytics maturity. Required Qualifications: • 8-10+ years of experience as a Business/Data Analyst, with at least 3+ years in cloud or data transformation projects. • Proven track record of managing large-scale data migrations from on-prem legacy/mainframe environments to GCP. • Strong understanding of GCP data services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, etc.) and exposure to multi-cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure). • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience influencing senior leaders. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills. • Proficiency in SQL, data modeling, and understanding of ETL/ELT workflows. • Ability to work in agile, fast-paced environments with distributed teams. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks. • Familiarity with modern data architectures (e.g., Data Lakehouse, Data Mesh). • Exposure to change management and business process re-engineering during technology transformation programs. • Professional certifications such as Google Cloud Data Analyst, Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), or Agile BA are a plus.