Business Analyst

Location: Kansas City, MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 5 months
• Pay Rate: $50.00 $ 57.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

The Business Analyst will play a key role in the Technical Solutions Group located onsite at the client's World Headquarters office in Kansas City, Missouri. This individual will be tasked with analyzing computational design systems, identifying and documenting needs from both business and technical stakeholders, and leading the development teams' day-to-day activities through Agile processes. The Business Analyst is an expert communicator, detailed planner, and has strong problem-solving skills.

This is a business-facing and technology-facing role, requiring excellent communication and organization to create alignment amongst multiple business practices.

• Act as a liaison between the business stakeholders and technical delivery teams translating concepts into language that is easily understood by both parties.
• Develop a fundamental understanding of your team's technical systems and your business stakeholders' processes.
• Elicit user and technical requirements for new initiatives and ad hoc requests from multiple internal business practices.
• Document requirements and technical details with clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Determine scope of requests and identify possible development iterations to unlock greatest client value.
• Prioritize and sequence backlog with an understanding of dependencies related to roadmap.
• Facilitate various agile team ceremonies such as standups, refinement, planning and retrospectives.
• Measure and monitor development team's process efficiency and velocity.
• Communicate project status with stakeholders and others throughout IT.
• Ensure projects stay on track towards deliverable commitments, occasionally completing trade-off analysis to influence product decisions.
• Coordinate technical implementation, testing, training and communication efforts with multiple internal business and IT groups, as well as external vendors.
• Act as an ambassador for the product and as the primary contact for queries related to the product.
• Apply critical thinking to troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of agile development methodology and practices
• Understanding of technical terminology
• Strong facilitation skills for meetings and stakeholder workshops

• Project management experience preferred
• Experience with Atlassian Jira, Confluence suite or other agile software a plus

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or related degree from an accredited program

• Minimum 4 years technical business analysis experience

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of experience building critical infrastructure. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and operating from 75 offices across the country and internationally, the organization employs more than 14,500 employee-owners generating over $7.4 billion in annual revenue across sectors including energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare.

Teams here span civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, program management professionals, and technology specialists who engage with complex, consequential, and often one-of-a-kind projects.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-09278 Industry: Data & Analytics

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