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STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!
Systems Business Analyst II
Location(s): Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO (Hybrid schedule)
Duration: 10+ months; likely to extend
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Systems Business Analyst (Level 2) to join our Operations IT Delivery team supporting 25 active projects. The selected candidate will support capital delivery and other utility operations projects by performing requirements gathering and documentation across multiple project teams. This includes working closely with project managers, QA leads, solution architects, and product owners in a matrixed corporate environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements
- Work on 1 2 concurrent utility operations projects under the guidance of a Project Manager
- Facilitate and drive requirements gathering sessions with business units, vendors, and technical teams
- Document requirements in Jira and Excel; create and maintain requirements traceability matrices
- Collaborate with QA leads to align test plans and design artifacts with documented requirements
- Assist PMs with governance compliance including SharePoint artifact organization and phase gate tracking
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders on deliverables and timeline updates
- Contribute to waterfall methodology projects (commercial off-the-shelf implementations with integration)
- Navigate and operate effectively in a large, multi-departmental corporate setting
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5 7 years of Business Analyst experience in enterprise environments
- Expertise in requirements gathering and documentation
- Strong proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP) and Jira
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and organizational skills
- Self-starter who can independently drive meetings and deliverables
- Ability to quickly pivot between projects and ramp up in dynamic environments
- Comfortable working in a waterfall methodology environment
- Experience working with multiple workstreams and external vendors
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the utilities or energy sector
- Comfortable working across time zones (CST and MST)
- Experience with capital project delivery teams
*Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process