Technical BA

Job Title: Technical BA
Job Location: Omaha, NE
Job Type: Contract

• The Technical Business Analyst (API Specialist) will act as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, with a strong focus on API design, integration, and lifecycle management.
• The role involves translating business needs into technical specifications, managing API-related initiatives, and ensuring APIs are designed to be scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineering teams to define API requirements that support business objectives.
• Elicit and document detailed API integration requirements, working closely with business stakeholders and solution architects.
• Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications for API design and development.
• Work directly with offshore development teams to ensure understanding of business requirements, technical accuracy, and alignment with integration goals.
• Schedule and facilitate cross-time-zone collaboration meetings, standups, walkthroughs, and sprint ceremonies.
• Define and manage API specifications using Swagger/OpenAPI and validate endpoints through Postman or similar tools.
• Support the development team by clarifying requirements, resolving roadblocks, and tracking feature delivery through JIRA (or similar tools).
• Collaborate with QA and UAT teams to design and execute test cases and scenarios related to API consumption and integration points.
• Participate in API governance, versioning, documentation, and change control processes with Integration team.
• Ensure that APIs adhere to enterprise security standards (e.g., OAuth2, API throttling, JWT).
• Document and communicate process flows, sequence diagrams, and data mapping across services.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years' experience as a Business Analyst with at least 2 years focused on APIs and Muilesoft.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, and API security mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, JWT, etc.).
• Experience with API documentation tools like Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, or RAML.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and integration patterns.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation, sequence diagrams, and data flow models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyse complex technical issues
• Experience with agile development methodologies and tools such as JIRA, Git, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• A passion for technology, innovation, and delivering exceptional digital experiences.