Albany, NY

Salary
Posted
Jul 19, 2026
Location
Albany, NY
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A 30-month contract role with the State of New York focused on business analysis and reporting within an Oracle-based environment. Day-to-day work involves gathering and documenting complex business and functional requirements, supporting OBIEE/Oracle reports in production, writing SQL for analysis and testing, and defining requirements for data import/export processes. Suits a seasoned business analyst with deep experience in BI tools and structured requirements documentation.

Senior level · 7+ years · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Bachelor's required · Contract

Must have (7)
SQL · 5+ yrsOBIEE · 3+ yrsMS Office · 3+ yrsVisio · 3+ yrsSharePoint · 3+ yrsHP Quality Center · 3+ yrsMS Teams or Planner · 3+ yrs

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

What gives you an edge
Visio6%SharePoint8%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
SQL78%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $85,990 (middle half $70,773–$100,768).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

This is a 30-month contract (with possible extension) under New York State's HBITS (Hourly-Based IT Services) contract vehicle — compensation is hourly but no rate is stated in the posting.

The role is primarily business/systems analysis with a strong reporting and BI focus (OBIEE, SQL, BRDs, ETL testing), making it a genuine toss-up between Operations Research Analysts (15-2031) and Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211); the heavy SQL/BI/reporting emphasis tipped the primary classification to 15-2031.

Experience requirements are stated in months: 84 months (~7 years) for core business requirements analysis and stakeholder meetings; 60 months (~5 years) for SQL and OBIEE production support; 48 months (~4 years) for data import/export requirements; 36 months (~3 years) for MS Office/Visio/SharePoint, testing/QA, team meeting facilitation, and OBIEE dashboards. The 84-month figure (7 years) is used as the overall years minimum.

HP Quality Center is listed alongside 'or other similar tools' — the requirement is for a defect-tracking/test-management tool; HP QC is named as the primary example.

MS Teams is listed alongside 'Planner or other similar tools' for team meeting facilitation; Planner is captured as an alternative.

The posting is placed by GENESYS Consulting Services, Inc. as a staffing firm for a New York State engagement; the work location is presumed to be Albany, NY (the seat of NYS government), though no city is explicitly stated.

Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.

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