Sr. Business Analyst

Sr. Business Analyst

Experience : 8+ Years

Location : Irving, TX 3 days onsite / week

What is in it for you?

In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management and Business Operations to analyze and develop user stories and a product backlog for multiple products. You will participate in planning and design sessions and provide clarification on product requirements. You will work in partnership with the Product Owner / Manager to define and justify new product developments and projects.

Responsibilities :

Work independently as a liaison between end-users, product management, and development to elicit, analyze, and document user requirements, translating them into user stories.

Collaborate with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to ensure the health of the product backlog.

Take ownership of team ceremonies including grooming / refinement, planning, pre-refinement, and others.

Participate in Agile ceremonies, driving the discussion during sprint planning and user story refinement.

Conduct gap analysis to identify solutions that are cost-effective and meet business requirements.

Collaborate with the development team to ensure the design meets customer requirements.

Provide timely answers to team questions during design, development, and Quality Assurance (QA) testing.

Create MS SQL queries that retrieve application data and allow identification and triage of discrepancies.

Field questions from stakeholders / end users during user acceptance testing, identify potential options to aid in the resolution process.

Work with business owners and technical architects to set a strategic product direction and scope out project efforts.

Skills : Mandatory skills

5 years or more years of relevant experience required.

2 years or more Agile (Scrum or XP) business analysis experience with user stories and backlogs required.

Excellent business requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation skills required.

Experience working with tools like Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar for backlog management and story tracking required.

Experience creating ADO dashboards for tracking project progress and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics required.

Knowledge of SQL / Integration, Extract-Transform-Load (ETL), and User Interface (UI) preferred.

Knowledge of test methodologies preferred.

Good to have skills :

Experience in working on CI / CD Pipelines using GitLab.

Relevant degree preferred.

Educational Qualifications :

Engineering Degree BE / ME / BTech / MTech / BSc / MSc.

Technical certification in multiple technologies is desirable.