Information Technology Business Analyst

Information Technology Business Analyst

Location: Cincinnati, OH (Onsite)

Vernovis is a Total Talent Solutions company that specializes in Technology, Cybersecurity, Finance & Accounting functions. At Vernovis, we help professionals achieve their career goals by matching them with innovative projects and direct‑hire opportunities in Ohio and across the Midwest.

• Partner with business stakeholders, Product Owners, and software development teams to gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and system requirements for software development initiatives.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process reviews to define business needs, identify gaps, and translate requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Create and maintain high-quality project documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, functional specifications, data mapping, workflow diagrams, and requirements traceability matrices.
• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, QA, and project managers to ensure requirements are clearly understood, prioritized, and successfully delivered throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Support Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project methodologies by participating in backlog refinement, sprint planning, solution reviews, user acceptance testing (UAT), and implementation activities.
• Analyze current-state business processes and recommend future‑state improvements that enhance operational efficiency and improve user experience.
• Evaluate solution options by balancing business objectives, technical feasibility, project timelines, and organizational priorities while communicating recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain end‑to‑end traceability of business requirements through design, development, testing, and deployment to ensure delivered solutions meet business objectives.
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, project managers, and technical teams while providing regular updates on requirements, project progress, risks, dependencies, and potential impacts.
• Coordinate and facilitate cross‑functional meetings to drive alignment, resolve questions, and ensure timely decision‑making throughout project delivery.
• Support multiple concurrent software development projects by effectively managing priorities, timelines, documentation, and stakeholder expectations.
• Identify project risks, requirement gaps, and scope changes early, escalating issues when appropriate and partnering with leadership to develop effective solutions.
• Mentor junior Business Analysts by sharing best practices, reviewing documentation, and promoting consistent business analysis standards across the team.
• Continuously improve business analysis processes, documentation standards, and team collaboration while contributing to organizational best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned while adhering to company policies, standards, and established project governance practices.

• 2–3+ years of Business Analyst experience supporting software development or IT project delivery.
• Proven experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and managing business, functional, and system requirements throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience creating high‑quality business analysis artifacts, including user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, workflow diagrams, functional specifications, data mapping, and requirements traceability documentation.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid software delivery methodologies and how business analysis activities differ across each.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and active listening skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex business challenges and recommend practical technology solutions.
• Experience supporting software development teams by clarifying requirements, participating in backlog refinement, sprint planning, testing, and solution validation.
• Ability to manage multiple…