Business Analyst

Business Analyst
12 month contract/contract to hire
Addison, TX (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities
Participate and coordinate with end-users and stakeholders to identify feature requests, define scope, and confirm technical and business feasibility
Collaborate with internal business users, subject matter experts, and external vendors to elicit business concerns and develop workable solutions
Business acumen in gathering business requirements and build acceptance criteria, setting expectations on functionality, and working closely with technical team to estimate stories, achieve business approval and collaborations between the business and IT
Work with the QA team to prepare test scenarios and data. Work with release coordinator to organize and administer user acceptance testing sessions prior to production deployment
Translate business requirements into technical requirements. This includes using powerful analysis and modeling tools to match strategic business objectives with practical technical solutions
At regular intervals in the project life cycle, safeguard and protect the business and user’s needs by verifying functionality, accuracy, and completeness of the requirements against the original documents.
Analyze system and business data to align with project requirements and functional documentation Assist in execution of project life cycle, including as-is and to be analysis, scope definition, process improvement and testing in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Assist with problem solving and issue resolution – including communication with internal business partners
Keep track of development progress towards feature releases in an Agile/Scrum environment by participating in scrum ceremonies, estimation, backlog refinement and prioritization, and by providing input on improving our processes in a highly iterative fashion Preferred Experience

Requirements
Looking for candidates with 2 years’ experience working on new and enhancement projects
Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office, knowledge in MS Project and Visio
Agile and story boarding experience preferred
Experience working with Jira, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Agile methodology environment
Experience in writing Microsoft SQL queries
Strong communication skills who can tailor their style based on the types of audience and are able to facilitate discussions that involve opposing viewpoints, tough decisions, and urgent follow-up items
Experience with Salesforce and other SAAS delivery is a plus

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