What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Business Analyst position at Optomi?
IT Business Analyst (Infrastructure, Azure DevOps)
Hybrid 2-3 days a week onsite in Kansas City, Missouri!
Optomi, in partnership with a leader in the insurance industry, is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join the team in Kansas City, Missouri! The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst in an IT environment with experience in the infrastructure space and a strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps. The IT Business Analyst should have a strong business acumen with the ability to communicate cross-functionally between business and technical teams, with a foundation in both waterfall and agile methodologies. The right candidate will hit the ground running and have an chance to make an impact from day 1!
What the right candidate will enjoy!
- The opportunity to work for a large organization with the ability to make an impact from day 1!
- The chance to work on large scale, high budget projects!
- The opporunity to work for an organization that encourgaes creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit!
Experience of the right candidate:
- Develops business requirements for multiple business functions, understands how those functions interact, and what the enterprise solution(s) could do to support those business needs.
- Evaluates and performs process analysis relative to needs to ensure end-to-end information flow and required new processes.
- Develops and documents user stories and/or functional requirements that describe feature and function needs, and user interfaces for the functional area.
- Plans and performs functional testing of applications, including test script creation and management.
- Plans, coordinates, and oversees UAT exercises.
- Knows and understands Project Methodology processes and deliverables, including the development life cycle and change control processes.
- Creates business/system documentation including process maps, user guides, GUI mockups.
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- BS/BA degree required.
- 5 years of relevant work experience required.
- Speak the language of stakeholders and translate that vision into detailed business requirements and user stories.
- Familiar with agile development methodology, including use case scenarios, user stories, backlog management.
- Strong discovery, critical thinking, time management, initiative, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in articulating and documenting user requirements.
- Experience in planning and performing functional testing.
- Experience with Microsoft Suite including PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio.
- Experience with project and collaborations tools such as MS Teams, Azure DevOps (ADO), Webex, and Miro.
- Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and written.
- Some off-shift hours and travel may be required.
- Provides exceptional customer service and adheres to the organization's philosophies.
- Understands when circumstances require persuasion, conciliation, assertiveness, or other approaches and reacts appropriately.
Salary : $55 - $60
