IT Business Analyst (REMOTE Contract))

Company: Premier Staffing Partners
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

The IT Business Analyst (REMOTE) role is to analyze new IT Projects and project requests (ex: software development, third party product implementations), by defining the business need, understanding the cause, and devising a solution in collaboration with product owners, business sponsors, and project managers throughout the project and/or product lifecycle.

The IT Business Analyst (REMOTE) Responsibilities: - Conduct scope discovery meetings to elicit detailed requirements (ex: user stories and acceptance criteria) from Product Owners, Business Sponsors and Project Managers. - Facilitate discussions and assist business units with producing specific project documentation for governance review. - Collaborate with stakeholders to identify risks for projects and determine how to mitigate them. - Work with Product Owners to organize and prioritize the backlog of requests. - Participate in Scrum ceremonies, serve as Scrum Master on applicable projects and help facilitate any additional meetings. - Assist Project Managers with compiling project updates to present to senior leadership and perform project management responsibilities as needed. - Support the quality assurance team and product users during testing and validation. - Develop plans and strategies for on-going communication with leadership and stakeholders to help direct and manage business expectations throughout project lifecycles. - Work with vendor and third party business analysts to maintain requirement integrity and ensure all relative knowledge is retained. - Participate in and contribute to the organization's Business Analyst Community of Practice. - Model behaviors that support the company's common purpose, ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level. - Ensure all activities follow rules, regulations, policies and procedures.

IT Business Analyst (REMOTE) Requirements: - Minimum 3 years of IT Business Analysis work - Experience working in an Agile software development environment - Agile certification preferred - Scum Master certification preferred. - Training in business process modeling preferred. - Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Vision, Excel, Word, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Teams) - Familiarity and experience with Atlassian tools, specifically JIRA, Confluence, Tempo - Knowledge in software development process - In-depth understanding of Agile Scrum and Kanban development frameworks - Capability to create an understand complex system architecture and network diagrams - Understanding of project management processes.


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