Job#: 3031612 Job Description: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 10 Months
Role Overview
We are seeking a Business Analyst to serve as a liaison between business partners, product owners, solution architects, and technology teams. This role combines a business analyst mindset with technical program experience to analyze business processes, assess technology capabilities, and translate business needs into actionable requirements. The Business Analyst will be part of an Agile Scrum team, working with the Product Owner and Development teams to define features and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary interface between business partners, stakeholders, and technology teams to elicit, analyze, and document requirements.
- Analyze current processes, systems, and business models to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Translate business needs into JIRA Epics, Stories, and related artifacts, including use cases, process models, and acceptance criteria.
- Work with Development teams to refine, estimate, and clarify story requirements.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to evaluate features, write user stories, and prioritize backlog items.
- Participate in technical design reviews to identify enablers, constraints, and cross-team dependencies.
- Provide ongoing support to Testing teams by clarifying requirements and validating test plans.
- Prepare process flows, workflows, and diagrams to support technical documentation.
- Apply analytical skills to support risk identification and mitigation planning.
- Ensure compliance with Enterprise Change Management and Release Management processes.
- Support both Agile and Waterfall delivery models as required.
Required Qualifications
Experience: Minimum of 9 years delivering technology programs, with a focus on business analysis and requirements management. This includes 7+ years of practical Agile experience in Scrum or scaled Agile environments and proven experience acting as or working closely with Product Owners.
Technical Skills: Experience converting business requirements into epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Solid understanding of the full SDLC, with hands-on experience in technology projects. Experience documenting functional and technical requirements in JIRA. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Visio.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SQL and data analysis tools.
- Familiarity with Agile toolsets including JIRA, Confluence, and Jira Align.
- Exposure to Change Management practices and enterprise governance processes.
- Knowledge of project management principles across Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with the Horizon toolset.
- Ability to analyze existing capabilities and contribute to technology and business strategy definition.
Compensation & Benefits
The pay rate for this position is between $60.00 and $64.54 per hour. Benefits are available to eligible employees.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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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 uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: 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.
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