IT Business Analyst - Knoxville, United States - Premier Staffing Partners

    Premier Staffing Partners
    Premier Staffing Partners Knoxville, United States

    1 month ago

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    IT Business Analyst Job description

    This is a direct hire position with full company benefits offered. The schedule is onsite in Knoxville TN.

    We are looking for an IT Business Analyst to assist in analyzing new Software Projects. As an IT Business Analyst, your responsibilities include prioritizing user requirements, overseeing system upgrades, and researching new tools. In this role, you should be highly analytical and able to understand business needs. Excellent communication skills and problem-solving abilities are essential. If you have hands-on experience with technical projects, we'd like to meet you. Your goal will be to leverage tech solutions to meet organizational needs.

    IT Business Analyst Responsibilities

    • Communicate with stakeholders to understand their requirements
    • Develop and analyze functional specifications
    • Conduct scope discovery meetings to elicit detailed requirements (e.g., user stories and acceptance criteria) from product owners, business sponsors, and project managers
    • Facilitate discussions and assist business units with producing specific project documentation for governance review
    • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify risks for projects and determine how to mitigate them
    • Work with product owners to organize and prioritize the backlog of requests
    • Participate in Scrum ceremonies, serve as Scrum Master on applicable projects and help facilitate any additional meetings
    • Assist project managers with compiling project updates to present to senior leadership and perform project management responsibilities as needed
    • Support the quality assurance team and product users during testing and validation

    IT Business Analyst Skills

    • Bachelor's Degree in a related field or relevant work experience required
    • 1 year of Financial Industry experience required
    • Minimum three years' business analysis work experience required
    • Experience working in an Agile software development environment preferred
    • Agile Analyst certification preferred
    • Scrum Master certification preferred
    • Training in business process modeling preferred

    Keywords: IT Business Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, JIRA, User Stories, Requirements Gathering, Finance