Business Analyst

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This role is for a Senior Business Analyst (8-month contract) located remotely in Texas, requiring 10+ years of business analysis, strong analytical skills, and experience with SaaS/COTS implementations. Preferred qualifications include Agile experience and knowledge in Oil & Gas projects.

Location:

Remote (Texas) Duration: 8-month contract

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a large-scale technology modernization and transformation initiative. This role involves advanced business analysis work across multiple interrelated projects, including SaaS/COTS implementations, data migration from legacy systems, and data warehouse development. The position requires minimal supervision and a high level of independent judgment, initiative, and leadership. The analyst will work closely with technical and business stakeholders to gather requirements, improve business processes, support testing efforts, and ensure high-quality deliverables using established business analysis methodologies.

• Perform senior-level business analysis for complex technology initiatives involving emerging hardware and software solutions.
• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements using multiple elicitation techniques.
• Review, assess, and document current (“as-is”) and future-state (“to-be”) business processes.
• Support implementation of SaaS and COTS applications, data migration activities, and data warehouse solutions.
• Develop and maintain business analysis deliverables in accordance with established standards, methodologies, and procedures.
• Create, review, and validate user acceptance testing (UAT) plans, test cases, and testing documentation.
• Analyze production support issues, identify root causes, and document required system or data corrections.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions with business and cross-functional technical teams.
• Develop design documentation, process flows, diagrams, and technology specifications.
• Provide guidance to business and functional teams throughout testing, training, and implementation phases.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and traceability of all requirements and related documentation.
• May assign tasks to and provide guidance or oversight to other analysts.

• 10+ years of business analysis experience on software development projects, including preparation of project documentation.
• 10+ years of experience in requirements elicitation, stakeholder management, and technical documentation (use cases, traceability, prototyping, and data modeling).
• 10+ years facilitating interactive sessions with business users and cross-functional teams.
• 10+ years of strong analytical skills, including assessment of production support issues and root cause analysis.
• 10+ years developing and documenting business processes and functional designs.
• 10+ years defining functional designs and system specifications and delivering complete requirement packages.
• 10+ years supporting and guiding user acceptance testing, training, and implementation activities.
• 10+ years of excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including technical writing.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and prototyping or diagramming tools such as Visio, Axure, Snag It, or Adobe Illustrator.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 8+ years of knowledge and experience with Software Quality Assurance or Software Engineering methodologies.
• 8+ years writing, reviewing, and validating quality standards, test plans, and test cases.
• 8+ years translating business and functional requirements into test procedures.
• 8+ years of experience with the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience using JIRA (user stories, test cases, execution, and reporting).
• 8+ years of experience with smoke testing, regression testing, black‑box testing, white‑box testing, and both manual and automated testing.
• Advanced experience using Oracle and SQL queries for data validation and testing.

• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Experience developing web application test automation using Java, Selenium, or similar tools.
• Strong database skills, including creating test data and validating data updates.
• Experience supporting Salesforce projects.
• Background in process improvement strategies and methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead change initiatives and design more efficient business processes.
• Industry experience in Oil & Gas, compliance, or enforcement-related projects.
• Ability to work effectively within complex, multifaceted teams and manage challenging situations.