Position Title: Senior IT Business
Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced
Senior IT
Business Analyst with strong Quality Assurance and Azure DevOps experience
to lead business analysis efforts across complex technology initiatives. This
role is responsible for driving requirements discovery, improving business
processes, supporting testing strategies, and ensuring high-quality software
delivery within Agile environments.

The Senior IT Business Analyst will work
closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, and QA teams to
translate business needs into scalable technology solutions while ensuring
traceability, quality, and successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis Leadership

• 
  Lead
  requirements gathering sessions, stakeholder
  interviews, and workshops
  to identify business needs and project
  objectives.
• 
  Translate complex business requirements into
  functional
  specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  .
• 
  Create and maintain
  Business Requirement Documents (BRD),
  Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), process flows, and data mapping
  documents
  .
• 
  Conduct
  impact analysis and gap analysis
  for system
  enhancements and new initiatives.
• 
  Provide guidance and mentorship to
  junior business analysts
  .
• 
  Serve as the
  primary liaison between business stakeholders,
  development teams, and QA teams
  .

Azure DevOps & Agile Delivery

• 
  Manage and maintain
  product backlogs, user stories, tasks,
  and defects in Azure DevOps
  .
• 
  Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to
  prioritize
  backlog items and plan sprint deliverables
  .
• 
  Ensure
  end-to-end requirements traceability
  using Azure
  DevOps work items and dashboards.
• 
  Track
  sprint progress, testing status, and defect metrics
  using Azure DevOps reporting tools.
• 
  Actively participate in
  Agile ceremonies
  including
  sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Quality Assurance & Testing
Oversight

• 
  Define and review
  test strategies, test plans, and test
  cases
  aligned with business requirements.
• 
  Support and oversee
  functional, integration, regression, and
  User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  .
• 
  Manage
  defect lifecycle in Azure DevOps
  , ensuring timely
  resolution and validation.
• 
  Collaborate with QA teams to ensure
  test coverage, data
  validation, and quality standards
  are met.
• 
  Ensure delivered solutions meet
  business expectations and
  compliance requirements
  .

Process Improvement & Strategic
Contribution

• 
  Identify opportunities to
  improve business processes,
  workflows, and system efficiencies
  .
• 
  Recommend
  technology solutions and automation opportunities
  .
• 
  Contribute to
  enterprise-level business analysis standards
  and best practices
  .
• 
  Support
  change management, training, and adoption strategies
  for new systems.

Documentation & Stakeholder
Communication

• 
  Develop and maintain
  comprehensive documentation including
  workflows, business rules, and system requirements
  .
• 
  Present
  analysis findings, system recommendations, and
  project updates
  to leadership and stakeholders.
• 
  Ensure clear communication between
  technical teams and
  business stakeholders
  .

Required Qualifications

• 
  Bachelor’s degree in
  Information Technology, Computer
  Science, Business Administration, or related field
  .
• 
  7+ years of experience
  as an IT
  Business Analyst on enterprise software projects.
• 
  Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps
  for backlog management, user stories, sprint tracking, and
  defect management.
• 
  Strong experience with
  software testing, QA processes, and
  UAT coordination
  .
• 
  Deep knowledge of
  Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  and
  Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
  .
• 
  Proven experience writing
  user stories, acceptance criteria,
  and detailed functional specifications
  .
• 
  Excellent
  analytical, leadership, communication, and
  stakeholder management skills
  .

Preferred Qualifications

• 
  Experience working in
  enterprise-scale or multi-team Agile
  environments
  .
• 
  Familiarity with
  SQL, APIs, data integration, and system
  architecture concepts
  .
• 
  Experience supporting
  CI/CD pipelines and release management
  processes
  .

Key Skills

• 
  Advanced Business Analysis
• 
  Stakeholder & Executive Communication
• 
  Azure DevOps (Boards, Backlogs, Work Items, Dashboards)
• 
  Agile / Scrum Methodology
• 
  QA Strategy & Test Planning
• 
  Defect Lifecycle Management
• 
  Process Modeling & Improvement
• 
  Requirements Traceability
• 
  Data & System Analysis