Title: Senior IT Business Analyst
Preferred Candidate Locations: Louisiana (LA), Texas (TX), Mississippi (MS), Arkansas (AR); however, candidates across the Continental U.S. will be considered
Employment Type: Full-time with ComTec
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to support strategic initiatives within the Utility Transmission organization. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Electric Utility/Transmission environments, with hands-on business analysis experience supporting GE Energy Management System (EMS) and Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) initiatives.
The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, transmission/operations teams, and technical teams to gather and document requirements, analyze business processes, perform GAP analysis, support solution design, and coordinate testing and UAT activities throughout the SDLC.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead requirements-gathering workshops with business stakeholders, transmission/operations teams, and technical teams.
- Support GE EMS and ADMS initiatives, including requirements analysis, business process analysis, enhancements, integrations, and system changes.
- Conduct GAP analysis and document AS-IS and TO-BE business processes.
- Develop user stories, use cases, functional specifications, process maps, and Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs).
- Translate business requirements into functional and technical requirements and work closely with development and QA teams throughout the SDLC.
- Participate in solution design discussions involving EMS, ADMS, utility operations, and related systems/integrations.
- Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for process improvement and business process re-engineering.
- Develop test plans, manual test cases, and UAT scenarios based on documented business requirements.
- Coordinate with business users during UAT and support defect identification, clarification, and resolution.
- Maintain comprehensive project, functional, requirements, and testing documentation.
- Facilitate communication between business stakeholders, utility operations, product/technical teams, developers, and QA teams.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience as an IT Business Analyst.
- Hands-on experience supporting Electric Utility, Transmission, Energy, or Operational Technology (OT) environments.
- Experience with GE Energy Management System (GE EMS).
- Experience with Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS).
- Strong understanding of utility operational processes and systems supporting electric transmission/distribution operations.
- Strong experience in requirements elicitation, stakeholder workshops, and business process analysis.
- Proven experience documenting AS-IS and TO-BE process flows and conducting GAP analysis.
- Experience creating user stories, functional specifications, use cases, process maps, and RTMs.
- Hands-on experience across the SDLC, including requirements, testing, test planning, defect management, and UAT support.
- Working knowledge of Waterfall methodology, business process re-engineering, and basic database/software concepts.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, analytical, and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with utility control-room, transmission, distribution, or grid operations teams.
- Experience with EMS/ADMS integrations and interfaces with other utility systems.
- Exposure to related utility applications such as SCADA, OMS, GIS, DMS, DERMS, Historian, or ICCP.
- Experience working in large-scale utility technology transformation or modernization programs.
- Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders in complex utility environments.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum practices in addition to Waterfall delivery.
