Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Description
MUST HAVE ACTIVE CDC BADGE. We are seeking a Sr. Business Systems Analyst for a project at CDC. The Sr. Business Systems Analyst leads enterprise-level analysis efforts to strengthen CDC's workforce productivity and collaboration ecosystem, including SharePoint and related platforms. Serving as a strategic liaison among senior stakeholders, this role uncovers organizational needs, translates complex and often indirect business requirements into actionable specifications, and guides the development of practical, high-value solutions. The analyst drives high-profile initiatives delegated by senior leadership, ensuring alignment between organizational goals, technical capabilities, and user needs. In addition to shaping solution strategy, the Sr. Business Systems Analyst may mentor or supervise other analysts and collaborates closely with development teams to ensure successful execution and adoption of enterprise collaboration technologies.
Responsibilities
Conducts analysis with project stakeholders, plans the execution of business analysis tasks and communication, updates or changes the approach to business analysis as required; assesses effectiveness of and continually improve business analysis practices.
Identifies and defines business needs and opportunities for improvement, develops the business case, understands organizational culture and structure, determines solution approach, and defines the solution scope.
Develops advanced business analysis within a significant segment of the organization where the advice given and decisions made will have a measurable impact on the effectiveness of the organization.
Determines requirements using workshops, interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, user stories, scenarios, task and workflow analysis, prototyping, focus groups, and use cases.
Establishes the contribution that technology can make to business objectives, defining strategies, validating and justifying business needs, conducting feasibility studies, producing high-level and detailed business models, preparing business cases, overseeing development and implementation of solutions, taking into account the implications of change on the organization and all stakeholders.
Evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, segments high-level information into details, and abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding.
Progressively elaborates the stated requirements to sufficient level of detail that accurately defines the business need within the specified solution scope. Validates that requirements meet the business need. Verifies that requirements from other business analysts are of acceptable quality and maintainability.
Documents business, task, and workflow processes using industry standard methods including business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, diagrams, flow charts, etc., ensuring that these deliverables can be used to design a solution to the stated business problem.
Assesses solutions to ensure that strategic goals are met and requirements are satisfied, including assessment of internal designs, test cases, test plans, and manual procedures. Defines acceptance criteria, identifies defects, and defines and validates corrective actions. Assesses organizational readiness for the solution. Develops metrics and key performance indicators to align solution with desired business outcome.
Ensure all stakeholders share a clear, consistent understanding of business and solution requirements and facilitate the resolution of conflicts, issues, and requirement-related risks, escalating only when necessary. Secure formal approval of solution requirements from appropriate decision-makers. Provide stakeholders with timely access to business analysis deliverables and supporting documentation. Tailor communication methods and messaging to effectively engage senior executive stakeholders. Maintain full requirements traceability and oversee the end-to-end requirements management lifecycle.
Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyzes tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
Serves as liaison and resource to project managers, developers, and other project team members throughout each phase of the process to help clarify and/or resolve issues related to requirement, design, testing and acceptance specifications.
Collaborates with project manager (s) in project scoping and planning.
Guides senior management towards accepting change brought about through process and organizational change. Serves as a leader to demonstrate the utility of business analysis to the project community and promotes the value of business analyst work.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
Required Skills and Experience
At least 7 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Strong organizational and critical thinking skills.
Advanced experience with quality frameworks such as SDLC, Agile, ITIL, Six Sigma, etc.
Knowledge of project management practices.
Ability to develop and deliver presentations to senior stakeholders.
Teamwork and interpersonal skills.
Skill in fact-finding and data collection.
Strong analytical and product management skills to include effective documentation.
Business process and data modeling.
Ability to lead and facilitate meetings and groups.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to interpret and evaluate client informational needs and to determine appropriate alternative solutions.
Broad IT Domain expertise, particularly applications architecture.
Business Domain expertise or the ability to rapidly gain domain expertise.
Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Experience with strategic planning and business case development.
Applications design experience.
Ability to consume and clarify large amounts of information.
Skills
Grants Management, communication and people skills, Microsoft 365, sharepoint, workflows, salesforce, tech background
Top Skills Details
Grants Management,communication and people skills,Microsoft 365,sharepoint,workflows
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Preferred Skills and Experience
Microsoft 365
Federal Government Grants Management experience/knowledge
Salesforce helpful not required
SharePoint
Workflows
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Atlanta, GA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 31, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.