Key skills
Business analysisAgile software development methodologiesRequirements gatheringMicrosoft Azure DevOpsTeam Foundation Server (TFS)Joint Application Development (JAD) sessionsFunctional specificationsTechnical specificationsUser storiesAcceptance criteriaMock-upsProcess modelingProcess flow modelingMicrosoft VisioStandard operating proceduresCollaboration with QA teamsUser acceptance testing (UAT)Manual testingAutomation testingBusiness process analysisData dictionariesAzureAzure DevOpsAgile
About this role
InfoLabs inc is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support the planning, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise applications and IT projects. This role involves serving as a liaison between business owners and the development team, as well as facilitating JAD sessions and translating business requirements into functional specifications.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the liaison between business owners, project/contract managers, and the development team
- Coordinate and facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with stakeholders and subject matter experts
- Gather and translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications
- Translate functional specifications into technical specifications the development team can build from
- Break requirements into use cases / user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Turn information from meetings and written materials into mock-ups, process models, and process flow models (e.g., Microsoft Visio)
- Collaborate with QA teams, coordinate UAT schedules, run UAT sessions, and guide business testers through the workflows
- Author test scenarios and perform manual testing; design, write, and execute automation test scripts to validate functionality and find defects
- Create technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and data dictionaries
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of IT business/industry experience
- 7+ years performing business analysis on IT projects
- 7+ years with Agile software development methodologies
- 7+ years of requirements gathering
- 7+ years with Microsoft Azure DevOps and/or Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- 7+ years conducting JAD sessions with client stakeholders and subject matter experts
- 7+ years translating functional specifications into technical specifications
- 7+ years translating business requirements into use cases/user stories and acceptance criteria
- 7+ years creating mock-ups, process models, and process flow models from meetings and written materials
- 7+ years creating technical documentation and standard operating procedures
- 7+ years collaborating with QA teams, coordinating and conducting UAT, and guiding business testers
- 7+ years with process modeling tools such as Microsoft Visio
- 5+ years of manual testing (authoring test scenarios and validating against business requirements)
- 5+ years of automation testing (designing, writing, and executing automation test scripts)
- Strong verbal, written, and technical writing skills; strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Experience deriving business process and data requirements from analyzing process and systems documentation, and creating data dictionaries
- Experience on government or public-sector IT projects