Remote - W2 only
(Open to remote candidates in the following states: AL, AZ, FL, GA, ID, IL (Saint Louis Metropolitan Area Only), IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, NC, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, or WI)
Looking for good, solid BA experience. Salesforce experience would be a plus.
Responsibilities:
- The Business Analyst role is responsible for facilitating meetings, eliciting, developing, interpreting, reviewing, validating, documenting, and maintaining business and functional requirements in support of software development. This position evaluates business requests to determine feasibility, researches and identifies options, and recommends solutions that best serve business needs. The Senior Business Analyst also presents information and tracks and responds to questions related to business standards. In addition, this position participates in integration testing, acceptance testing, identifies potential problems, and researches opportunities to minimize complexity. The Senior Business Analyst serves as the primary interface between the business user and the IT team.
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years related experience, or equivalent years related experience in requirements gathering and functional specifications in support of software development.
- Expert at requirements elicitation using various techniques including meeting facilitation, requirements workshops, business process analysis, use cases, user stories, document analysis, site visits, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
- Ability to speak in front of, interact with, and elicit information from all organizational levels
- Translate business and data needs into system requirements for designers, developers and testers using requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification and management techniques
- Assists in defining system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems
- Works on medium to large initiatives where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and proactive risk management
- Provides escalation assistance; recommends potential solutions to issues; follows established escalation procedures; resolves complex issues
- Experience logging items such as: defects, changes, and enhancements in a tracking tool
- Experience in writing requirements into user stories with relevant and clear acceptance criteria
- Participates in and/or leads Backlog Refinement/ Grooming sessions
- Collaberates in the coordination of testing initiatives for large scale projects to include: test scenario definition, status tracking, and test planning
- Prepares and delivers informal and formal presentations to own team, department, other IT teams, business partners, and IT leadership
Qualified applicants must also possess the following skills/competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Excellent facilitation and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to provide leadership in procedural and technical capability including the ability to explain and educate others.
- Experience with Agile Development (for example: KANBAN, SCRUM) is required.
- Familiarity with JIRA Software Development Tool is a plus but is not required.
- Familiarity with Zephyr Test Management Solution is a plus but is not required.
- Familiarity with Confluence Team Collaboration Software is a plus but is not required.
Pay Range: $40- $45/hr.
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision as well as 401K contributions.
For more details you can reach me at gaurav.naidu@pinnacle1.com or call me at 980-270-5387
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