Business Analyst

Data Business Analyst

Contract ends: November 10, 2027

Hybrid: Saint Paul, Minnesota 3 days a week

Elicit and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints.

Write requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely. Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or scenarios, where appropriate.

Conduct data analysis, data mapping activities, and documentation of data needs

Analyze and document user workflows and create and document new workflows and processes.

Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specifying an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those that must base their work on the requirements.

Work with product owners to align with priorities and build product backlog with epics and refined stories for the development team.

Create user story maps, write user stories with relevant acceptance criteria, and review/update with the development team at refinement sessions and scrum events as needed.

Conduct refinement sessions at various levels for scrum teams in preparation for story pointing and sprint planning.

Plan, manage, and track team work items.

Plan and facilitate project discovery sessions.

Identify the current- and future-state business processes; define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements.

Perform requirements analysis and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable, and that they conform to standards.

Translate business requirements to System/Functional specifications, and pass them on to Application Developers.

Coordinate business validation to verify that a set of end-to-end business processes function as intended.

Participate in peer reviews and inspections of user story maps, epics, user stories, requirements documents, and work products derived from those artifacts to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly.

Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.

Analyzing, defining and documenting requirements for object-oriented applications, relational databases, complex queries, interfaces, extraction processes, reports, and dashboards using multi-system data.

Leading the design and implementation for multi-faceted, complex, application development projects in a fast-paced environment involving multiple stakeholders and IT functions.

Communicate clearly, present complex information to users in a comprehensive style, and translate technical and system information for non-technical stakeholders.

Collaborate, work effectively as part of a team and maintain working relationships with all levels of business customers and technology staff.

Prioritize effectively across multiple in-flight initiatives and requirements.

Provide knowledge transfer.

Eight (8) years of experience in an IT Business Analyst role

Three (3) years of experience working as an IT Business Analyst on Agile project/product teams

Experience with data migration efforts, performing data mapping activities, and working with data analysis tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Sql.

Experience with backlog management, story writing, and story refinement.

Experience working with Agile work management tools such as JIRA.

Leadership, mentoring and coaching skills for IT professionals.

Experience performing, and advanced knowledge of, Quality Assurance and Project Management activities.

Scrum master experience.

Business Analyst Certification (IIBA certification or equivalent)

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.