Cloud Data Platform Analyst
The Cloud Data Platform Analyst at Confidential Client is an entry-level business analyst role focused on bridging business stakeholders and the cloud data platform team. The analyst supports requirements gathering, backlog management, testing coordination, and governance across modern and legacy data systems, primarily serving oil and gas operations. This role requires strong communication, organizational skills, and foundational technical literacy to ensure the platform delivers well-documented and tested capabilities aligned with business needs.
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What You’ll Do
Confidential Client is hiring a Cloud Data Platform Analyst to support the cloud data platform team. This is an entry-level Business Analyst role focused on translating business needs into well-documented, testable data platform capabilities that support energy operations. You will work closely with business stakeholders, Data Engineers, Integration Analysts, and Data Scientists/BI to help deliver reliable data pipelines, reports, and governance artifacts.
- Partner with business stakeholders across oil & gas operations to gather, document, and validate requirements for the cloud data platform
- Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements documentation for Data Engineers and Integration Analysts
- Maintain and groom the platform backlog in Azure DevOps; keep priorities, statuses, and documentation current
- Support test planning and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) for new data pipelines, reports, and platform enhancements
- Create and maintain process documentation, data dictionaries, and governance artifacts for the platform
- Serve as a communication bridge between business stakeholders, engineering teams, and analytics teams
- Help identify, document, and track data quality issues through to resolution
- Support project planning, status reporting, and stakeholder meetings for cloud data platform initiatives
- Assist with change management and end-user training as new platform capabilities are released
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or related field — or equivalent relevant experience
- 0–2 years of experience as a business analyst, project/program coordinator, or similar role (internships and co-op experience welcome)
- Basic SQL literacy — comfortable reading and interpreting queries and table structures (not required to author complex SQL)
- Basic AI literacy — ability to use AI-powered tools to gather insights, summarize information, and draft requirements while validating outputs with business context
- Basic programming literacy — foundational understanding of programming concepts and ability to write or troubleshoot simple scripts (Python familiarity preferred)
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate between business and technical audiences
- Comfortable using backlog/work-management tools such as Azure DevOps, or willing to learn quickly
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to oil & gas operations or the energy industry
- Familiarity with cloud data platform concepts such as Snowflake, dbt, and modern ELT patterns
- Experience facilitating requirements-gathering sessions and writing user stories and acceptance criteria
- Experience supporting UAT, QA, or release/change-management processes
- Interest in growing into a broader data and analytics career path
Additional details
- Employment type: Full time
- Location: Oklahoma City, OK (on-site or hybrid as determined by Confidential Client)
- Estimated compensation: $82,770 per year (estimated) — actual compensation may vary based on experience and location.
- Confidential Client may participate in E-Verify where applicable.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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