Business Data Analyst VI

Job Description

Job Description

Business Data Analyst VI / VB6-VB.NET Legacy Systems Analyst

Mode or Work: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)

Total Required Experience in Years: Minimum 1214+ Years

Job Description: Seeking an experienced Business Data Analyst VI / Legacy Systems Analyst to support enterprise legacy modernization and migration initiatives by analyzing, reverse-engineering, and documenting complex legacy application systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Visual Basic (VB6/VB.NET), C++, SQL-based systems, and enterprise data environments to identify, extract, validate, and document business logic embedded within legacy applications. This role requires hands-on experience translating technical system functionality into business-readable documentation while collaborating with technical teams and business stakeholders to support modernization strategies, future-state architecture, reporting, and operational improvements. The candidate should possess strong analytical, technical, and communication skills to bridge technical and business requirements within complex enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex Visual Basic (VB6/VB.NET) and C++ legacy application systems
• Reverse-engineer business logic, workflows, calculations, and data transformations from legacy codebases
• Extract, validate, and document business rules embedded within legacy systems
• Translate technical application logic into structured and business-readable documentation
• Develop and maintain business rule inventories, repositories, and technical documentation
• Validate business rules and technical findings with stakeholders and business users
• Identify inconsistencies, duplicate logic, and process gaps in existing systems
• Serve as liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to clarify system behavior
• Support legacy modernization, migration, and transition initiatives
• Analyze operational data stores, data warehouses, and data-driven systems
• Support enterprise reporting, compliance, and operational processes
• Participate in business analysis, requirements gathering, and modernization planning activities

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assist with modernization strategy development and future-state transition planning
• Support enterprise reporting, operational data store, and data warehouse initiatives
• Create technical and functional documentation supporting modernization efforts
• Collaborate with analysts, developers, architects, and leadership teams
• Assist in strengthening documentation standards and business rule governance practices
• Participate in data validation, quality analysis, and business process clarification activities
• Support project teams with technical interpretation and business process understanding

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Visual Basic (VB6 and/or VB.NET)
• Strong experience working with C++ legacy systems
• Proven experience analyzing and reverse-engineering complex legacy codebases
• Experience extracting, validating, and documenting business rules
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational database systems
• Experience with data warehouses, data lakes, or operational data store environments
• Experience supporting legacy system modernization or migration initiatives
• Background in business analysis or systems analysis activities
• Ability to independently work on complex analytical and technical tasks
• Experience collaborating with technical teams and business stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Experience supporting enterprise modernization and migration initiatives preferred
• Prior exposure to education-related data environments preferred
• Strong analytical, technical, and stakeholder communication skills required
• Ability to independently perform complex system and business analysis activities required
• Experience supporting cross-functional business and technical teams preferred

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field required
• Masters degree may substitute for two years of required experience

Certifications:

• Visual Basic (VB) certification preferred
• C++ certification preferred