IT Business Consultant (Senior Business Analyst)

Location: Tallahassee, FL (Onsite)
Job Type: Contract
Experience Level: Senior

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Business Consultant to support enterprise technology initiatives by analyzing business needs, improving business processes, and translating complex requirements into scalable technology solutions. This role serves as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, leading requirements gathering, process analysis, testing, and solution delivery throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities for large, complex enterprise IT projects.
• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
• Translate business requirements and user stories into functional specifications.
• Create and maintain user stories, requirements, and project artifacts within Azure DevOps.
• Design user interface mockups and screen layouts.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process mapping sessions.
• Develop business process flows, workflows, use cases, and SDLC documentation.
• Create and execute manual test plans and test scripts.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) and coordinate release validation activities.
• Research, analyze, and resolve application defects in collaboration with developers and business users.
• Capture testing metrics and recommend improvements to testing processes, including automation opportunities.
• Develop SQL queries to support testing, reporting, troubleshooting, and data analysis.
• Prepare project status reports, meeting summaries, and executive documentation.
• Assist with project planning, issue management, and risk escalation.
• Mentor junior business analysts and contribute to process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with established SDLC methodologies, project governance standards, and documentation requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''''s or Master''''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Minimum 7 years of business analysis experience supporting enterprise IT projects.
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience gathering, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements.
• Experience creating user stories and managing work items in Azure DevOps.
• Experience developing test plans, executing manual testing, and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience creating business process maps, workflows, use cases, and process documentation.
• Experience writing SQL queries for data validation, reporting, and analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar Agile project management tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Visio, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365.
• Experience supporting enterprise software development projects.
• Knowledge of business process improvement methodologies.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops and requirements sessions.
• Experience mentoring junior analysts.
• Strong presentation and executive communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Experience identifying opportunities to improve testing processes and increase operational efficiency.

Work Environment

• Full-time contract
• 100% onsite in Tallahassee, Florida
• Opportunity to support large-scale enterprise application development and modernization initiatives.

Direct applicants only. No third-party vendor or staffing firm submissions will be considered.